2024
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Shows Comparative Results With Other Modalities for The Management of Plantar Fasciitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Tung W, Daher M, Covarrubias O, Herber A, Gianakos A. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Shows Comparative Results With Other Modalities for The Management of Plantar Fasciitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Foot And Ankle Surgery 2024 PMID: 39572278, DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2024.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffect of extracorporeal shock wave therapyExtracorporeal shock wave therapyPlantar fasciitisRandomized controlled trialsShock wave therapyManagement of plantar fasciitisMeta-analysisPost intervention VAS scoreTreatment modalitiesWave therapyVAS pain scoresConservative treatment optionsCustom orthoticsHeel painPain scoresSystematic reviewVAS scoreControlled trialsTreatment optionsGoogle ScholarPlaceboFasciitisTherapyModalitiesScores
2020
Sex-Specific Analysis at Two Time Points in Three High-Impact Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Journals
Gianakos A, Szukics P, George N, Elkattawy S, LaPorte D, Mulcahey M. Sex-Specific Analysis at Two Time Points in Three High-Impact Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Journals. Arthroscopy Sports Medicine And Rehabilitation 2020, 2: e207-e212. PMID: 32548585, PMCID: PMC7283966, DOI: 10.1016/j.asmr.2020.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSex-specific analysesOrthopaedic sports medicine literaturePosterior cruciate ligament reconstructionSame treatment modalityCruciate ligament reconstructionOverall study populationAnterior cruciate ligamentCase-control studySport-related concussionMedial patellofemoral ligamentSex-matched groupSports medicine literatureSignificant differencesMultifactorial statistical modelSports medicine journalsPostoperative useMale patientsFemale patientsLigament reconstructionPatient sexRetrospective groupInjury patternsTreatment modalitiesCruciate ligamentPatellofemoral ligament
2015
Current concepts on osteonecrosis of the femoral head
Moya-Angeler J, Gianakos A, Villa J, Ni A, Lane J. Current concepts on osteonecrosis of the femoral head. World Journal Of Orthopedics 2015, 6: 590-601. PMID: 26396935, PMCID: PMC4573503, DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v6.i8.590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMagnetic resonance imagingFemoral headCore decompressionFrog-leg lateral radiographsNatural historyFirst radiographic changeTrue natural historyLevel 1 evidenceOptimal treatment protocolTotal hip arthroplastyJoint preserving proceduresPre-collapse stageOsteonecrosis diagnosisPlain anteroposteriorSurgical treatmentAvascular necrosisPlain radiographsSclerotic changesTreatment optionsMinimal symptomsRadiographic changesTreatment modalitiesRisk factorsPharmacologic agentsSymptomatic stage