Researchers analyze the movement of the six-legged stick insect. Each of the stick insect's six legs is moved mainly by three joints. These joints are connected to the insect's body in an L-shaped ...

Joint pain in the hip may occur due to one of several different underlying causes, such as bursitis, arthritis, or tears in the cartilage. A person may be able to treat some cases at home, but severe ...

The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is one of the important stabilizing ligaments of the knee joint, connecting the femur to the tibia, and it keeps the tibia from moving back on the femur. Injuries ...

Total knee arthroplasty is a successful surgical procedure that relieves pain and restores function. However, TKA has not had the same reported patient satisfaction rates as total hip arthroplasty.

FRACTURES of the tibial spines, like all the less common fractures, receive so little attention in medical literature that even the specialists lose contact with the trends of treatment. It seems ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This case involves a 64-year-old diabetic woman who had a left total knee placed in 2001 by an outside surgeon.

The use of limb lengthening for apparent leg length inequality can be considered. If a patient has significant foot or pelvic asymmetry, limb equalization techniques may be used to produce a level ...

Q: A friend of mine fell skiing and you had to surgically fix their tibial plateau fracture. What sort of fracture is this and are these common injuries? I see tibial plateau fractures fairly ...

The stick insect is a popular model organism in biological research for gaining a better understanding of insect walking movements. The advantage of the stick insect is that the structure of its body ...