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Volume 1. Issue 1 Archive
Can your blood heal your injured tendons?
Believe it or not, a growing body of literature and clinical experience is suggesting the answer may be yes. Platelet rich plasma therapy, or PRP, is unlocking the healing potential of the naturally occurring growth factors stored in our platelets. In normal healing of muscle and tendon injury, platelets arrive at the scene and become activated when they come in contact with the collagen in tendon, bone, muscle and ligament. Read More>> |
Hip Arthroscopy and Labrum Tears
If you follow professional sports at all, it seems like everyone has a tear in their “labrum”. Until recently, that meant something was wrong with their shoulder and they had a problem throwing. But this year is quickly becoming the year of the hip. In the spring, injuries to Alex Rodriguez and Carlos Delgado required surgery to correct a problem known as a labral tear in their hips. Read More>> |
Winter Workout Doldrums
Fall in the Northeast brings with it the cold, the rain and the wind – all of which can really hamper your outdoor activities and exercise. Add to that holiday celebrations and feasts and you have a recipe for disaster when it comes to your hard earned fitness. Read More>> |
Take me out to the ballgame, not the operating room
T he most common cause of shoulder and elbow pain in adolescents and teenagers is throwing sports. Arm injuries in throwers are on the rise and are increasingly more severe. Despite the best efforts of coaches and parents to limit the damage, the primary culprit is too much throwing. One of the most common questions that I get asked in the office when I evaluate patients with arm pain is when they can start throwing curveballs and other junk pitches. Read More>> |
Injury Season
If you’re anything like me, you can’t wait for Spring to really get here so you can get outside to the mountains, the fields, the trails, or the beach. Every year many of us restart all of the activities we put on hold in October and November without preparing our bodies for the increase in stress. Read More>> |
 
Doctor: Clinton Elbow Injury Complicated, Recovery Could Take Weeks |
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| VThe most common fracture you get from a standing-height fall will either be an olecranon fracture or a radial head fracture," Alberta, who specializes in shoulder and elbow surgery, told FOXNews.com |
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Distal Biceps and Anterior
Elbow Pain in Throwing Athletes |
| Frank G. Alberta, MD*w and Neal S. ElAttrache, MD |
| Injuries to the distal biceps brachii muscle tendon unit
have become an increasingly common topic of interest
over the past 2 decades. A current internet PubMed
simple search for the phrase ‘‘distal biceps’’ returned 217
publications before 1995 for all publications referenced.
The same search returns 388 referenced publications from
1995 to the present. |
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| Arthroscopic Anteroinferior
Suture Plication Resulting
in Decreased Glenohumeral
Translation and External Rotation |
BY FRANK G. ALBERTA, MD, NEAL S. ELATTRACHE, MD, TERUHISA MIHATA, MD, PHD,
MICHELLE H. MCGARRY, MS, JAMES E. TIBONE, MD, AND THAY Q LEE, PHD
Investigation performed at Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory,
VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of California, Irvine, Long Beach, California |
The consequences of arthroscopic plication for the treatment of anterior shoulder instability are unknown.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of arthroscopic plication on glenohumeral translation,
the rotational range of motion, and the positions of the glenohumeral center of rotation. |
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ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT INJURIES AND
TREATMENT IN OVERHEAD ATHLETES |
| FRANK G. ALBERTA, MD, NEAL S. EL ATTRACHE, MD, and LEWIS A. YOCUM, MD |
Acromioclavicular (AC) joint symptoms are common in athletes. In particular, overhead athletes place especially
high demands on their shoulders. Despite this, these individuals infrequently have isolated AC joint pathology.
Understanding the common pathology and associated injuries is important for a safe and quick return to
competition. |
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| SINGLE INCISION TECHNIQUE USING AN
INTERFERENCE SCREW FOR THE REPAIR
OF DISTAL BICEPS TENDON RUPTURES |
A. D. MAZZOCCA, MD, F. G. ALBERTA, MD, N. S. ELATTRACHE, MD,
and A. A. ROMEO, MD |
Various techniques throughout the years have been published on surgical repair of the distal biceps tendon for
acute ruptures or for recalcitrant biceps tendinosis. The first report of a single incision technique to repair this
tendon was in 1897 by S. Johnson in the New York Medical Journal. Since that time many different approaches and
techniques have been developed. Interference screw fixation has been a reliable and well-tested method of
tendon/ligament to bone attachment. There is a large body of literature concerning the various aspects of
interference fit in the anterior cruciate ligament and proximal biceps tendon literature. Anatomic measurements,
osteological analysis, and radiographic examination have provided information for the design of an interference
screw that can be safely used in the proximal radius. We describe a technique using an interference screw through
a single incision. We present two techniques for open tenodesis of the long head of the biceps. |
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