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The risk of developing serious complications following a knee replacement could be up to 73% higher when a tourniquet is used, compared to surgery without a tourniquet. Serious complications during knee replacement surgery are rare. However, researchers found that 5.9% of patients whose operations i...

It has long been known that the choice of shoe, surface and type of sport can all be contributing factors when someone suffers an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Researchers have now observed that genes also play a decisive role.

Children with arthritis affecting five or more joints, called polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (polyarticular JIA), living in less affluent families were twice as likely to report more than an hour of morning joint stiffness, compared to their counterparts from more affluent families, acc...

A lot of kids have been pushing up the scale numbers while home during the pandemic and parents need to take steps to prevent the dreaded "quarant...

Youth Sports are a great way to introduce your child to several important aspects of life, such as teamwork, leadership, camaraderie, fitness, social skills, and so much more. But when it comes to playing their favorite sport, how much is too much?

As long ago as 1984 the Journal of the American Medical Association published studies demonstrating brain damage in 87% of boxers studied by means of EEG and CT scan. This was not mere medical opinion. It was and is hard medical evidence, reproducible and subject to re-examination.

The volume of visits for pediatric fractures decreased by 2.5 fold during the COVID-19 pandemic at one pediatric trauma hospital, mostly due to a decrease in playground use and less participation in organized sports, researchers said.

Not too little, not too much Goldilocks' "just right" approach can now assess children's daily activities as new research from the Uni...

Most young athletes don't get enough sleep - and that may significantly affect their sports performance, according to a paper in the November issue of Current Sports Medicine Reports, official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). The journal is published in the Lippinco...

Kids today are becoming focused on single sports at a younger age and are likely to play their sport year-round. More time playing sports leads to an increase in the chance of traumatic sports injuries. It also leads to more overuse injuries in the shoulder, elbow, knee and hip. Here are some steps ...