Latest Knee Injury Stories

Study finds pain patterns vary over a 12-year period New research shows 63% of women age 50 and older reported persistent, incident, or intermittent knee pain during a 12-year study period. Predictors for persistent pain included higher body mass index (BMI), previous knee injury, and radiographic osteoarthritis (OA). Details of this longitudinal study are available in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology...

MONTREAL, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Following UFC President Dana White's Twitter announcement earlier, Georges St-Pierre will address the media regarding his knee injury via conference call today, Wednesday, December 7, at 5 p.m. EST. He will be joined by his orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Sébastien Simard. The conference call will last a maximum of 30 minutes, during which time Georges will take part in a short question period following medical explanations by Dr. Simard. ...

Swedish alpine skier Jessica Lindell-Wikarby has suffered a potentially career-threatening knee injury, the Stockholm News reported Thursday. At the start of the world championships, Lindell-Wikarby sustained a badly torn right knee ligament near the end of a training run Wednesday and will miss the balance of the alpine season. A similar injury ended the 24-year-old's 2003 season. Svenska Dagbladet reported because the knee injury normally takes at least six months to heal and rehabilitate,...