The Relationship Between Serum Relaxin and Knee Joint Laxity in Female Athletes

Orthopedics ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 669-673
Author(s):  
Christopher Arnold ◽  
Craig Van Bell ◽  
Vincent Rogers ◽  
Timothy Cooney
Relaxin 2000 ◽  
2001 ◽  
pp. 437-439
Author(s):  
Christopher Arnold ◽  
Craig Van Bell ◽  
Vincent Rogers ◽  
Timothy Cooney

2019 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Pedersen ◽  
V. Vanheule ◽  
R. Wirix-Speetjens ◽  
O. Taylan ◽  
HP. Delport ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Charlie A. Hicks-Little ◽  
Richard D. Peindl ◽  
Tricia J. Hubbard-Turner ◽  
Mitchell L. Cordova

Context:Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease that affects an estimated 27 million Americans. Changes in lowerextremity alignment and joint laxity have been found to redistribute the medial and/or lateral loads at the joint. However, the effect that changes in anteroposterior knee-joint laxity have on lower-extremity alignment and function in individuals with knee OA remains unclear.Objective:To examine anteroposterior knee-joint laxity, lower-extremity alignment, and subjective pain, stiffness, and function scores in individuals with early-stage knee OA and matched controls and to determine if a relationship exists among these measures.Design:Case control.Setting:Sports-medicine research laboratory.Participants:18 participants with knee OA and 18 healthy matched controls.Intervention:Participants completed the Western Ontario McMaster (WOMAC) osteoarthritis questionnaire and were tested for total anteroposterior knee-joint laxity (A-P) and knee-joint alignment (ALIGN).Main Outcome Measures:WOMAC scores, A-P (mm), and ALIGN (°).Results:A significant multivariate main effect for group (Wilks’ Λ = 0.30, F7,26 = 8.58, P < .0001) was found. Knee-OA participants differed in WOMAC scores (P < .0001) but did not differ from healthy controls on ALIGN (P = .49) or total A-P (P = .66). No significant relationships were identified among main outcome measures.Conclusion:These data demonstrate that participants with early-stage knee OA had worse pain, stiffness, and functional outcome scores than the matched controls; however, ALIGN and A-P were no different. There was no association identified among participants’ subjective scores, ALIGN, or A-P measures in this study.


2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1528-1533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Kostogiannis ◽  
Eva Ageberg ◽  
Paul Neuman ◽  
Leif E. Dahlberg ◽  
Thomas Fridén ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1405-1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra J. Shultz ◽  
Laurie Wideman ◽  
Melissa M. Montgomery ◽  
Kathleen N. Beasley ◽  
Bradley C. Nindl

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