Researchers have found that a simple bar and strengthening exercise may provide a practical and effective means of treating tennis elbow. The study, which randomized 21 patients with tennis elbow into two groups, showed that the eccentric training group had vastly better results on all scales, especially related to strength.
A Mayo Clinic study has developed a framework for MRI-based differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and Lewy body disease. The 'STructural Abnormality iNDex' or STAND-Map framework predicts an accurate pathological diagnosis 75 to 80 percent of the time.
A new study suggests that ACL reconstruction does not shorten the NFL career length, unlike meniscectomies which can reduce it by 1.5 years and 23 games played. The study found no significant impact on career longevity from isolated ACL surgery.