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A cartilage defect is an area of damaged cartilage. The cause of a cartilage defect can be due to trauma, osteonecrosis, osteochondritis, and other conditions.

Joint or articular cartilage is the type of cartilage most familiar to arthritis patients.

Published results showed long delays between two-stage cell-based cartilage restoration surgeries with either autologous chondrocyte implantation or matrix autologous chondrocyte implantation may put patients at risk for defect expansion.

Young patients undergoing hip surgery who have a shallower hip bone socket are at risk for a repeat operation, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine 2022 Annual Meeting.

CAM-type femoroacetabular impingement continues to be an underrecognized cause of hip pain in elite athletes. Properties inherent to baseball such as throwing mechanics and hitting may enhance the risk of developing a cam deformity. Our goal is to gain an appreciation of the radiographic prevalence ...

The management of unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis is controversial with variable rates of avascular necrosis (AVN). Treatment options inclu...

Results presented here showed female athletes with femoroacetabular impingement had significant improvements in patient-reported outcome scores and a high rate of return to sport after hip arthroscopy.

Higher Y-balance scores are associated with improved patient-reported outcomes after surgery for femoroacetabular impingement and may help determine readiness for return to sport, according to presented results.

If you often head to the nearest trampoline park when your kids start bouncing off the walls at home, a recent study might give you second thoughts.

We often hear the phrase 'growing pains' used by the general public to describe muscle or joint pain in young people and the term is also used by health professionals. However researchers have found there is no consistent medical definition of the condition behind a diagnosis.