Patterns: Buckling Knees Affect Even the Healthy
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Sudden knee buckling seems to be fairly common even among people with no known knee problems.
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Pregnant women do not tip over, and the reason has a lot to do with an evolutionary curve, researchers say.
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A study by US researches has found acupuncture can help the pain of arthritis in the knee and can improve freedom of movement. The study adds to evidence that the 2,000-year-old Chinese treatment, which uses
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A new study finds pregnant women don't lose their balance and topple over, because evolution provided them with slight differences in their lower backs and hip joints.
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A heat-retaining sleeve worn around the knee is useful in reducing joint pain and stiffness in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, preliminary testing indicates.
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Fidgeting and other seemingly minor physical activity can make the difference between being lean and obese, researchers reported today.
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Oct. 7, 2004 -- Female soccer players who have an ACL injury (anterior cruciate ligament) in one of their knees are more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis at an early age.
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Overweight people have a tendency to sit, while lean ones have trouble holding still, researchers are reporting.
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Movements in Pilates exercises are controlled &#151; sometimes moving the body only inches &#151; but those small motions are making a big difference to some people with Parkinson's disease.
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A new knee replacement implant designed for women may help cut pain experienced by some patients.
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Acupuncture can help boost the power  of drugs in reducing the pain suffered by patients with  arthritis in their knees, researchers report.
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Drugs used to treat osteoporosis may also help prevent the bone abnormalities that can lead to arthritis of the knee, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Spending a few minutes each  week on a balance board appears to help prevent ankles sprains  in athletes with a history of the injury, new research reports.
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FOXBOROUGH -- A broken hip can do a lot of things to a professional football player, a lot of nasty, horrible things. It can terminate a career. It can act as a sobering reminder that even men built like Greek gods are just as mortal as the next. It can turn endless potential into: what if? But after a year ...
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NEW YORK  - Children with cancer are more likely than other children to have a variety of deformities, such as droopy eyelids and legs of different lengths, new research shows. This suggests that there are genetic defects or early prenatal environmental factors that influence the occurrence of both problems.
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Yes, you can be too thin -- if you have rheumatoid arthritis. Weighing less than normal appears to increase the risk of dying from heart disease for people with arthritis, results of a population-based study indicate.
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NEW YORK  - After undergoing knee  reconstruction, therapy with a machine that puts the joint  through continuous passive motion leads to improved flexion  when added to conventional physical therapy, according to a  review by Canadian researchers.