The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Vol. 27 No. 1 January/February 1999

1 Editorial. Osteoarthritis-A Sports Medicine Problem?

Robert E. Leach, MD

2 The Effect of Anabolic Steroids and Corticosteroids on Healing of Muscle Contusion Injury

John M. Beiner, MD, Peter Jokl, MD, Jacek Cholewicki, PhD, and Manohar M. Panjabi, DrTech, PhD

10 Evaluation of the Anatomy of the Common Peroneal Nerve. Defining Nerve-at-Risk in Arthroscopically Assisted Lateral Meniscus Repair

Alien Deutsch, MD, Richard J. Wyzykowski, MD, and Brian N. Victoroff, MD

16 Open Meniscal Repair: Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings After Twelve Years

Thomas Muellner, MD, Alexander Egkher, MD, Ajsa Nikolic, Martin Funovics, MD, and Viktor Metz, MD

21 Bankart Procedure Augmented by Coracoid Transfer for Contact Athletes with Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability

Minoru Yoneda, MD, PhD, Kenji Hayashida, MD, PhD, Shigeyuki Wakitani, MD, PhD, Shigeto Nakagawa, MD, PhD, and Sunao Fukushima, MD

27 Mechanical Tensile Properties of the Quadriceps Tendon and Patellar Ligament in Young Adults

Hans U. Staubli, MD, Lukas Schatzmann, MD, Peter Brunner, MSc, Liliana Rincon, MSc, and Lutz-P. Nolte, PhD

35 Structural Properties of Six Tibial Fixation Methods for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Soft Tissue Grafts

Hugh E. Magen, MS, Stephen M. Howell, LT COL, USAFR, MC, and Maury L. Hull, PhD

44 Isolated Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair: A Long-Term Outcome Study (More Than 10 Years)

Michael J. Johnson, MD, George L. Lucas, MD, Judy K. Dusek, RN, MEd, and Charles E. Henning, MD

50 Isolation of the Vastus Medialis Oblique Muscle During Exercise

Edwin Mirzabeigi, MD, Christopher Jordan, MD, JoAnne K. Gronley, DPT, Neal L. Rockowitz, MD, and Jacquelin Perry, MD

54 Effects of Therapeutic Ultrasound on the Regeneration of Skeletal Myofibers After Experimental Muscle Injury

Jussi Rantanen, MD, Ola Thorsson, MD, Per Wollmer, MD, Timo Hurme, MD, and Hannu Kalimo, MD

60 Tennis After Total Hip Arthroplasty

Michael A. Mont, MD, Dawn M. LaPorte, MD, Tarun Mullick, MD, Charles E. Silberstein, MD, and David S. Hungerford, MD

65 Which is More Useful, the "Full Can Test" or the "Empty Can Test," in Detecting the Torn Supraspinatus Tendon?

Eiji ltoi, MD, Tadato Kido, MD, Akihisa Sano, MD, Masakazu Urayama, MD, and Kozo Sato, MD

69 Neuromuscular Properties and Functional Aspects of Taped Ankles

Heinz Lohrer, MD, Wilfried Alt, PhD, and Albert Gollhofer, PhD

76 The Effect of Knee Bracing After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. A Prospective, Randomized Study with Two Years' Follow-up

May Arna Risberg, PT, Inger Holm, PT, PhD, Harald Steen, MD, PhD, Jan Eriksson, MD, and Arne Ekeland, MD, PhD

84 The Effect of Exercise and Rehabilitation on Anterior-Posterior Knee Displacements After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autograft Reconstruction

Sue D. Barber-Westin, Frank R. Noyes, MD, Timothy P. Heckmann, PT, AT,C, and Brian L. Shaffer

94 Injury Risk in First-Time Snowboarders Versus First-Time Skiers

Daniel Fulham O'Neill, MD, and Mark R. McGlone, AT,C

98 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Appearance of Teres Major Tendon Injur in a Baseball Pitcher

Paul N. Malcolm, MD, William R. Reinus, MD, and Stanley L. London, MD

101 Failure of a Biodegradable Meniscal Arrow. A Case Report

Mark R. Hutchinson, MD, and Stephen A. Ash, MD

104 Isolated Fracture of the Vertebral Articular Facet in a Gymnast. A Spondylolysis Mimic

Robert G. McCormack, MD, FRCS(C), and George Athwal, MD

108 Current Concepts. Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes

Frederick C. Basilico, MD

122 Letter to the Editor

123 Society News

125 Announcements

The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Vol. 27 No. 4 July/August 1999

401 Editorial. Target Group

Robert E. Leach, MD

402 Rigorous Statistical Reliability, Validity, and Responsiveness Testing of the Cincinnati Knee Rating System in 350 Subjects with Uninjured, Injured, or Anterior Cruciate

Ligament-Reconstructed Knees

Sue D. Barber-Westin, Frank R. Noyes, MD, and John W. McCloskey, PhD

417 The Effects of Aging, Antiinflammatory Drugs, and Ultrasound on the In Vitro Response of Tendon Tissue

Louis C. Almekinders, MD, and Gurvinder Deol, MD

422 Age-Related Changes in the Cervical Spines of Front-Line Rugby Players

Jerome Berge, MD, Bertrand Marque, MD, Jean-Marc Vital, MD, Jacques Senegas, MD, and Jean-Marie Caille, MD

430 Fasciotomy for Exertional Anterior Compartment Syndrome: Is Lateral Compartment

Release Necessary?

Anthony A. Schepsis, MD, Sanjitpal S. Gill, and Timothy A. Foster, MD

436 Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Tool to Predict Meniscal Reparability

Matthew J. Matava, MD, Kevin Eck, MD, William Totty, MD, Rick W. Wright, MD, and Robert A. Shively, MD

444 Arthroscopic Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. A Comparison of Patellar Tendon Autograft and Four-Strand Hamstring Tendon Autograft

lan S. Corry, MD, FRCS(Orth), Jonathan M. Webb, FRCS(Orth), Amanda J. Clingeleffer, and Leo A. Pinczewski, FRACS

455 Eighteen- to Twenty-Five-Year Follow-up After Acute Partial Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

Karola Messner, MD, PhD, and Wolfgang Maletius, MD

460 Intra- and Interobserver Reproducibility of the Shoulder Laxity Examination

Andrew S. Levy, MD, Scott Lintner, MD, Keith Kenter, MD, and Kevin P. Speer, MD

464 Examination Under Anesthesia for Evaluation of Anterior Shoulder Instability

Ali Oliashirazi, MD, Pierre Mansat, MD, Robert H. Cofield, MD, and Charles M. Rowland, MS

469 The Effects of Grade III Posterolateral Knee Complex Injuries on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Force. A Biomechanical Analysis

Robert F. LaPrade, MD, Scott Resig, MD, Fred Wentorf, MS, and Jack L. Lewis, PhD

476 Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 to Enhance Tendon Healing in a Bone Tunnel

Scott A. Rodeo, MD, Katsunori Suzuki, MD, Xiang-hua Deng, MD, John Wozney, PhD, and Russell F. Warren, MD

489 Occult Osteochondral Lesions After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture. Six-Year Magnetic Resonance Imaging Follow-up Study

Kenneth J. Faber, MD, FRCS(C), James R. Dill, MD, Annunziato Amendola, MD, FRCS(C),

Lisa Thain, MD, FRCP(C), Alison Spouge, MD, FRCP(C), and Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCS(C)

495 Concealed Knee Cartilage Lesions: Is Arthroscopic Probing Therapeutic?

Rafael Thein, MD, and Mario Eichenblat, MD

500 The Effect of Wrist Guards on Bone Strain in the Distal Forearm

Michael P. Staebler, MD, Douglas C. Moore, MS, Edward Akelman, MD, Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, MD, Paul D. Fadale, MD, and Joseph J. Crisco III, PhD

507 Biomechanical Analysis of Flat and Oblique Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Recurrent

Patellar Instability

Andrew J. Cosgarea, MD, Matthew D. Schatzke, ATC, Ajay K. Seth, and Alan S. Litsky, MD, ScD

513 The Appearance of Roofplasties on Lateral Hyperextension Radiographs

Mark D. Miller, MD, LTC USAF MC, and Albert D. Oiszewski, MD

517 Pulmonary Air Leaks Resulting From Outdoor Sports. A Clinical Series and Literature Review

Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, and Michael B. MacQuarrie, MD

521 Partial Rupture of the Quadriceps Tendon (Jumper's Knee) in a Ten-Year-Old Boy. A Case Report

Keiji Matsumoto, MD, Sinsuke Hukuda, MD, Michihito Ishizawa, MD, Taku Kawasaki, MD, and Hidetoshi Okabe, MD

526 Sacral Stress Fracture in an Elite College Basketball Player After the Use of a Jumping Machine

Heber C. Crockett, MD, John M. Wright, MD, Michael W. Madsen, James E. Bates, MD, Hollis G. Potter, MD, and Russell F. Warren, MD

529 Occult Presentation of Myotonia Congenita in a 15-Year-Old Athlete

Jacob Weinberg, Leigh Ann Curl, MD, Ralph W. Kunci, MD, PhD, and Edward G. McFarland, MD

533 Current Concepts. Biomechanics of Knee Ligaments

Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, Richard E. Debski, PhD, John D. Withrow, and Marsie A. Janaushek

544 Letters to the Editor

547 Society News

548 Announcements

The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Vol. 27 No. 5 September/October 1999

551 Editorial. La Copa del Mundo-Femenina

Robert E. Leach, MD

552 Open Debridement and Soft Tissue Release as a Salvage Procedure for the Severely Arthrofibrotic Knee

Peter J. Millett, MD, MSc, Riley J. Williams III, MD, and Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD

562 Outcomes of Postoperative Septic Arthritis After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

David R. McAllister, MD, Richard D. Parker, MD, Alan E. Cooper, MD, Michael P. Recht, MD, and Joseph Abate, MD

571 The Low Anterior Five-O'clock Portal During Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery Performed in the Beach-Chair Position

Albert W, Pearsall, IV, MD, Tom F. Holovacs, MD, and Kevin P. Speer, MD

575 The Three-In-One Proximal and Distal Soft Tissue Patellar Realignment Procedure. Results, and Its Place in the Management of Patellofemoral Instability

Peter Myers, FRACS, Andrew Williams, FRCS(Orth), Richard Dodds, OBE FRCS, and Jens Bulow, MD

580 Axial and Lateral Radiographs in Evaluating Patellofemoral Malalignment

Thomas F. Murray, MD, Jean-Yves Dupont, MD, and John P. Fulkerson, MD

585 The Effect of Foot Structure and Range of Motion on Musculoskeletal Overuse Injuries

Kenton R. Kaufman, PhD, Stephanie K. Brodine, CAPT, MC, USN, Richard A. Shaffer, CDR, MSC, USN, Chrisanna W. Johnson, MPH, and Thomas R. Cullison, CAPT, MC, USN

594 The Role of Passive Muscle Stiffness in Symptoms of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage

Malachy P. McHugh, PhD, Declan A. J. Connolly, PhD, Roger G. Eston, DPE, lan J. Kremenic, ME, Stephen J. Nicholas, MD, and Gilbert W. Gleim, PhD

600 Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen on a Human Model of Injury

James R. Staples, MSc, Douglas B. Clement, MD, Jack E. Taunton, MD, and

Donald C. McKenzie, MD, PhD

606 Comparative Injury Rates of Uninjured, Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Deficient, and Reconstructed Knees in a Skiing Population

Kenneth M. Gates, MD, D. Peter Van Eenenaam, MD, Karen Briggs, MBA, Karen Homa, MS, and William 1. Sterett, MD

611 The In Vivo Assessment of Tibial Motion in the Transverse Plane in Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Reconstructed Knees

William E. Nordt III, MD, Paymaun Lotfi, MD, Eric Plotkin, RRT, and Brian Williamson, MD

617 Evidence of Inappropriate Application of Autologous Cartilage Transplantation Therapy in an Uncontrolled Environment

Michael A. Mont, MD, Lynne C. Jones, PhD, Barry N. Vogelstein, MD, and David S. Hungerford, MD

621 Comparative Pull-Out and Cyclic-Loading Strength Tests of Anchorage of Hamstring Tendon Grafts in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Mihai Giurea, MD, Pedro Zorilla, MD, Andrew A. Amis, PhD, and Paul Aichroth, MS

626 Pull-Out Strength and Stiffness of Meniscal Repair Using Absorbable Arrows or Ti-Cron Vertical and Horizontal Loop Sutures

Uli W. Boenisch, MD, Kenneth J. Faber, MD, Michael Ciarelli, PhD, J. Richard Steadman, MD, and Steven P. Arnoczky, DVM

632 The Effect of Knee and Ankle Position on Displacement of Achilles Tendon Ruptures in a Cadaveric Model. Implications for Nonoperative Management

Jon K. Sekiya, MD, Karen E. Evensen, Peter J. L. Jebson, MD, and John E. Kuhn, MD

636 The Effect of Cytokines on the Proliferation and Migration of Bovine Meniscal Cells

Madhu M. Bhargava, PhD, Erik T. Attia, George A. C. Murrell, MD, PhD, Martin M. Dolan, Russell F. Warren, MD, and Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD

644 Risk Factors Associated With Alpine Skiing Injuries In Children. A Case-Control Study

Claude Goulet, PhD, Guy Regnier, PhD, Guy Grimard, MD, FRSC(C), Pierre Valois, PhD, and Paul Villeneuve, MSc

651 Age-Related Changes in Normal Isometric Shoulder Strength

Richard E. Hughes, PhD, Marjorie E. Johnson, PT, Shawn W. O'Driscoll, MD, PhD, and Kai-Nan An, PhD

658 Induction of Meniscal Regeneration in Dogs Using a Novel Biomaterial

James L. Cook, DVM, PhD, James L. Tomlinson, DVM, MVSc, John M. Kreeger, DVM, PhD, and Cristi Reeves Cook, DVM

666 Meniscal Cyst Formation After All-Inside Meniscal Repair

Stephen Lombardo, MD, and Vance Eberly, MD

668 Neurilemoma About the Knee. A Case Report

Christopher A. Arnold, MD, John J. Kastrup, MD, and Vincent P. Rogers, MD

671 Snapping Popliteus Tendon Syndrome. A Cause of Mechanical Knee Popping in Athletes

Daniel E. Cooper, MD

676 Current Concepts. Concussion in Sports

Edward M. Wojtys, MD, David Hovda, PhD, Greg Landry, MD, Arthur Boland, MD, Mark Lovell, PhD,

Michael McCrea, PhD, and Jeffrey Minkoff, MD

688 Letter to the Editor

690 Society News

691 Announcements

The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Vol. 27 No. 6 November/December 1999

693 Editorial. The Times-They Are A Changing

Robert E. Leach, MD

694 Presidential Address of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.Some Thoughts on Perspective and the Business of Medicine

Douglas W. Brown, MD

699 The Effect of Neuromuscular Training on the Incidence of Knee Injury in Female Athletes. A Prospective Study

Timothy E. Hewett, PhD, Thomas N. Lindenfeld, MD, Jennifer V. Riccobene, and Frank R. Noyes, MD

707 The Incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

John W. Jaureguito, MD, Ann E. Greenwald, MS, Joseph F. Witcox, MD, Lonnie E. Paulos, MD, and

Thomas D. Rosenberg, MD

711 Eighteen- to Twenty-four-Year Follow-up After Complete Rupture of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Wolfgang Maletius, MD, and Karola Messner, MD, PhD

718 Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Administration Causes Hypertrophy of Immobilized andNonimmobilized Skeletal Muscle in a Sedentary Rabbit Model

Dean C. Taylor, LTC, MC, USA, Daniel E. Brooks, and Jack B. Ryan, COL(Ret), MC, USA

728 Nonoperative Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Humeral Capitellum

Masatoshi Takahara, MD, Toshihiko Ogino, MD, Shigenobu Fukushima, MD, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, MD, and Kiyoshi Kaneda, MD

733 Finger Injuries in Extreme Rock Climbers. Assessment of High-Resolution Ultrasonography

Andrea Klauser, MD, Gerd Bodner, MD, Ferdinand Frauscher, MD, Markus Gabi, MD, and Dieter Zur Nedden, MD

738 The Early Effect of lbuprofen on the Mechanical Properties of Healing Medial Collateral Ligament

Claude T. Moorman, III, MD, Udita Kukreti, PhD, David C. Fenton, MS, and Stephen M. Belkoff, PhD

742 Nonabsorbable Versus Absorbable Suture Anchors for Open Bankart Repair.A Prospective, Randomized Comparison

Winston J. Warme, MD, Robert A. Arciero, MD, Felix H. Savoie III, MD, John M. Uhorchak, MD, and

Mark Walton, PhD

747 Surgical Decompression of Chronic Central Core Lesions of the Achilles Tendon

Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth), Peter M. Binfield, BSc, FRCS(Orth), David Moore, FRCS(Orth), and John B. King, FRCS

753 The Prevention of Ankle Sprains in Sports. A Systematic Review of the Literature

Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc, Donna F. Stroup, PhD, MSc, Christine M. Branche, PhD, Julie Gilchrist, MD, Richard A. Goodman, MD, MPH, and Elyse A. Weitman

761 Monopolar Radiofrequency Energy Effects on Joint Capsular Tissue: Potential Treatment

for Joint Instability. An In Vivo Mechanical, Morphological, and Biochemical Study Using an Ovine Model

Paul Hecht, DVM, Kei Hayashi, DVM, PhD, Yan Lu, MD, Gary S. Fanton, MD, George Thabit III, MD, Ray Vanderby, Jr., PhD, and Mark D. Markel, DVM, PhD

772 The Effect of Cyclic Displacement On the Biomechanical Characteristics of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions

Masanori Yamanaka, RPT, Kazunori Yasuda, MD, PhD, Harukazu Tohyama, MD, PhD, Hideaki Nakano, MD, and Tatuhiko Wada, PhD

778 Cyclic Pull-Out Strength of Hamstring Tendon Graft Fixation with Soft Tissue Interference Screws. Influence of Screw Length

Denise M. Stadelmaier, DO, Walter R. Lowe, MD, Omer A. llahi, MD, Philip C. Noble, PhD, and Harold W. Kohl, III, PhD

784 Serratus Anterior Muscle Activity During Selected Rehabilitation Exercises

Michael J. Decker, MS, Robert A. Hintermeister, PhD, Kenneth J. Faber, MD, and Richard J. Hawkins, MD

792 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Incidence Among Male and Female Professional Alpine Skiers

Randall W. Viola, MD, J. Richard Steadman, MD, Scott D. Mair, MD, Karen K. Briggs, MBA, and William 1. Sterett, MD

796 The Lateral Elbow Ligaments. A Correlative Radiographic Study

Eugene E. Berg, MD, and Doug DeHoll, MD

801 Effects of Simulated Scapular Protraction on Anterior Glenohumeral Stability

William M. Weiser, MD, Thay Q Lee, PhD, William C. McMaster, MD, and Patrick J. McMahon, MD

806 The Value of Weighted Views of the Acromioclavicular Joint. Results of a Survey

John J. L. Yap, MD, Leigh Ann Curl, MD, Ronald S. Kvitne, MD, and Edward G. McFarland, MD

810 Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment at the Spinoglenoid Notch in a Professional Baseball Pitcher

Craig A. Cummins, MD, Mark Bowen, MD, Kyle Anderson, MD, and Terry Messer, MD

813 Stress Fracture of the Humerus in a Collegiate Baseball Pitcher. A Case Report

Krishna R. Polu, Robert C. Schenck, Jr., MD, Michael A. Wirth, MD, Jerry Greeson, ATC, Robert 0. Cone III, MD, and Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD

817 Bilateral Fractures of the Middle Phalanx of the Middle Finger in an Adolescent Climber

Julian Chell, FRCS, Kate Stevens, FRCR, Brian Preston, FRCR, and Timothy R. C. Davis, FRCS

821 Current Concepts. Current Trends in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Part 1: Biology and Biomechanics of Reconstruction

Freddie H. Fu, MD, Craig H. Bennett, MD, Christian Lattermann, MD, and C. Benjamin Ma, MD

831 Letters to Editor

832 Society News

833 Thank You to Our 1999 Reviewers

836 Announcements

838 Volume Index