Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Have an ACL or Achilles injury? Your turf field might be to blame

Six decades ago, AstroTurf was promoted along with Houston's Astrodome as a space-age wonder. Today, artificial "turf fields" features even more prominently in sports. Half of NFL teams' stadiums use the plastic stuff and ...

Surgery

Study examines how ACL surgery contributes to greenhouse gases

A University of Pittsburgh study inspired by the late Freddie H. Fu, MD, one of the world's leading orthopedic surgeons, is tackling a significant contributor to climate change: the health care sector. Engineers and physicians ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Feel a pop, then pain in your knee? It could be an ACL tear

You're playing tag with your kids, hitting a fast tennis return shot, landing after a gymnastics vault, evading a football tackle or jumping off a rock onto the beach. Suddenly, you feel a pop in your knee, then immediate ...

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