Nowadays, the prevailing wisdom is that youngsters can lift weights and it's common to start as young as age 7. This assumes precautions are in place, like lifting only when supervised; performing ...

Histochemical observations on sections of the epiphyseal cartilage plate of young rabbit bones suggest that free anionic sites are present in the hypertrophic cartilage zone. This finding may help ...

All-epiphyseal tibial tunnel. Special considerations are made to avoid physeal disruption while drilling the tibial tunnel, which is horizontally oriented and should not cross the physis.

In adolescents without hip pathology, results published in the Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics showed epiphyseal tilt had no age-specific variations, as well as showed no difference in male ...

Blood vessels in bone are necessary for nearly all skeletal functions, including the delivery of oxygen and nutrients, homoeostasis and repair (Tomlinson and Silva, 2013). The blood supply in long ...