Healio

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound aids tibial fracture healing vs. sham in recent study

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A team of German investigators found 34% greater bone mineral density in patients with slow-healing tibial ...
Science Daily

Ultrasound after tibial fracture surgery does not speed up healing or improve function

Receiving ultrasound after surgery to repair a fractured tibia (shinbone) does not accelerate healing or improve functional recovery compared with sham treatment, finds a trial. Receiving ultrasound ...
Hartford Courant

Paige Bueckers’ injury: What is a tibial plateau fracture, what does recovery look like and what are the long-term implications?

The college basketball world received disappointing news Tuesday, when it was announced that UConn women’s basketball star guard and reigning national player of the year Paige Bueckers will miss six ...
FanSided

J.J. Watt injury: What is a tibial plateau fracture?

Houston Texans superstar J.J. Watt suffered a tibial plateau fracture on Sunday night, but what the heck is that? It was a bad night for the Houston Texans. J.J. Watt left the game early with what ...
Healio

Vitamin D3 provides no healing benefits for patients with tibia and femur fractures

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vitamin D3 supplementation showed no improvement in clinical or radiographic fracture healing in adult patients ...
BMJ

Surgical versus conservative treatment for high-risk stress fractures of the lower leg (anterior tibial cortex, navicular and fifth metatarsal base): a systematic review

3 The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to Dr Wouter H Mallee, Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam, Department of ...