News tagged with knee
Biological joints could replace artificial joints soon
Artificial joint replacements can drastically change a patient's quality of life. Painful, arthritic knees, shoulders and hips can be replaced with state-of-the-art metal or ceramic implants, eliminating pain and giving a ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Jellyfish protein helps regrow joint cartilage
Mucin, a protein extracted from Nomura's jellyfish, has proved highly effective in regrowing cartilage in joints, scientists in Japan claim.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 07, 2009 |
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Motorized knee can make you run faster
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Tsukuba University in Japan have come up with a motorized knee you can attach to your leg to make you run faster and use less muscle power.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Implant bacteria, beware: Researchers create nano-sized assassins
Staphylococcus epidermidis is quite an opportunist. Commonly found on human skin, the bacteria pose little danger. But S. epidermidis is a leading cause of infections in hospitals. From catheters to prosthetic ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Tissue-engineering researchers create replacement knee ligaments from recipients' own cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could lead to more complete recovery from torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in humans, University of Michigan researchers have grown and repaired knee ligaments in rats ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Meet MABEL: World's fastest two-legged robot with knees
Recently, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor made a robot run like a human.
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Ooo, my knee!
(PhysOrg.com) -- Once we reach the age of 55 there's a 25 per cent chance that we will be suffering from bad knees. Of that 25 per cent, half will experience some sort of associated disability, such as difficulty carrying ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Cool product: $20 artificial knee for patients in the developing world
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year Joel Sadler and his classmates faced a daunting challenge in their Biomedical Device Design and Evaluation course: Create a low-cost, high-performance prosthetic knee joint for amputees ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Running shoes may cause damage to knees, hips and ankles
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) accounts for more disability in the elderly than any other disease. Running, although it has proven cardiovascular and other health benefits, can increase stresses on the joints of the leg. In a study ...
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Sodium MRI gives new insights into detecting osteoarthritis, researchers find
Researchers at New York University have developed an innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint—one that relies on the examination of sodium ions in cartilage. Their work, which appears ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 27, 2010 |
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OpenSim open-source software from Stanford accurately models human motion
There are 640 muscles in the human body, or maybe it is 639. Or maybe it is 850. Or 656. It all depends on whom you ask. In any case, it is a lot. Stanford bioengineer Scott Delp knows; he has programmed almost every one ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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New coating for hip implants could prevent premature failure
Every year, more than a million Americans receive an artificial hip or knee prosthesis. Such implants are designed to last many years, but in about 17 percent of patients who receive a total joint replacement, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Female hormone cycle affects knee joints (w/Video)
New research from the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary has found a connection between the laxity of a woman's knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Study pinpoints causes of 'runner’s knee'
(PhysOrg.com) -- From professional athletes to weekend warriors, the condition known as “runner’s knee” is a painful and potentially debilitating injury suffered by millions of people - although until now, it has been unclear ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 23, 2009 |
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New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant
Deep in Africa's Kalahari Desert lies the "Devil's claw," a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Unfortunately, ...
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Knee
The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the femur and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest and most complicated joint in the human body. The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus (i.e. a pivotal hinge joint), which permits flexion and extension as well as a slight medial and lateral rotation. Since in humans the knee supports nearly the entire weight of the body, it is the joint most vulnerable both to acute injury and the development of osteoarthritis.
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