Kendal Kloiber

Articles by Kendal Kloiber

Run Now, Pay Later? Early Activity After ACL Surgery

Overly aggressive ACL patients felt better, but their cartilage showed deteriorating lateral femoral condyle composition.

May 2, 2026

PRP vs. Steroids in the Rotator Cuff: A Slow Burn Beats a Quick Hit

Will this study end the corticosteroid vs PRP debate? Maybe not, but it sure gives PRP advocates new ammunition.

Apr 30, 2026

Opening vs. Closing Wedge: Does It Even Matter?

For years, surgeons have debated the merits of medial opening wedge versus lateral closing wedge high tibial osteotomy.

Apr 30, 2026

Hamstring or Patellar Tendon? In Young Female ACLs, the Race May Be a Tie

Huge registry study out of Sweden (9,923 ACL patients, all female, between the ages of 14 and 25) compared two ACL treatments — hamstring tendon autograft versus bone-patellar tendon-bone.

Apr 23, 2026

Meniscus Surgery Puts the Clock – and Cartilage – in Tension

Really strong study, dives deep into the nuance of meniscal repair, return to sport and at what level of performance.

Apr 23, 2026

LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether Outperforms TLIF in FDA Trial

Earlier this year, FDA granted premarket approval (PMA) to LimiFlex Paraspinous Tension Band, a motion preserving implant.

Apr 21, 2026

Femoral Head Allografts: Relief Now, Replacement Later?

For young patients with femoral head damage, the goal is simple — and often elusive: delay the replacement.

Apr 20, 2026

More Repairs, Same Risk? Meniscal Preservation Without Paying the Price

If you can repair the meniscus, you probably should.

Apr 17, 2026

The Uneven Distribution Map for Stress Fractures

Bone stress injuries don’t hit all athletes the same — new study by sport, gender, and anatomical location.

Apr 14, 2026

Keep the Joint Line or Pay the Price?

You can personalize the implant until the cows come home, but imprecise alignment will make your work an expensive journey to nowhere.

Apr 14, 2026

Low Risk, Not No Risk: What Raises Infection After Arthroscopy?

Arthroscopy is often framed as low risk. Small incisions. Short recovery. Minimal complications. But…

Apr 13, 2026

Quick Tip for More Viable OCA Grafts: ‘Be Cool’

A new laboratory study asks an intriguing question: Are your grafts too warm during harvest…?

Apr 7, 2026

GPT Tries to Run the Stats – But Should It?

Artificial intelligence (AI) keeps inching its way into orthopedics — now it’s coming for your meta-analyses.

Apr 1, 2026

The Most Dangerous Time for Young Athletes Isn’t What You Think

A 15-year analysis of junior tennis players shows that injury risk isn’t evenly distributed across adolescence.

Apr 1, 2026

Microfracture Still Wants a Seat at the Biologics Table

For years, microfracture has occupied an awkward place in knee preservation.

Mar 31, 2026

Return-to-Play After Muscle Injuries: Still More Art Than Algorithm

When it comes to return-to-play criteria, the sports medicine community exists in a data desert…

Mar 31, 2026

Can Exercise Improve Disc Health? Only One Type Stands Out

Can exercise improve spine disc health? Yes, but its tough to settle on which exercise works best.

Mar 30, 2026

How Much do Hormones Improve Recovery in Female Athletes?

Both male and female athletes, according to a new study, react essentially the same to hormonal treatment for strength recovery after immobilization.

Mar 24, 2026

After ACL Reconstruction, Consistency May Matter More Than Strength

New study reinforces one of the most vital but challenging post-ACL repair disciplines.

Mar 24, 2026

Blood Flow Restriction and Accelerating Muscle Repair

Rotator cuff tears are frustrating for shoulder surgeons. Repair the tendon perfectly, and the muscle still has the final word.

Mar 19, 2026

Trochleoplasty and the Stiffness Question: Does Early ROM Loss Doom the Outcome?

Stiffness after trochleoplasty is more common than either patient or surgeon would like.

Mar 18, 2026

Biceps Tenodesis: Arthroscopic or Open — Does the Location Matter?

Arthroscopic suprapectoral approach or open subpectoral fixation? You say potato, I say potahto.

Mar 17, 2026

The Pivot Shift’s Usual Suspects

Could you anticipate a high-grade pivot shift before ever performing the test?

Mar 16, 2026

Cold Before the Cut? Pre-Op Cryocompression Shows Early Gains in TKA

Cryotherapy isn’t new in arthroplasty. Post-op cooling is nearly ubiquitous.

Mar 16, 2026

When the Cuff Is Gone but the Patient Isn’t Ready for a Prosthesis

Massive irreparable rotator cuff tears (MIRCTs) in the posterosuperior shoulder remain one of the more humbling problems in sports medicine.

Mar 12, 2026

Hamstrings Under Pressure: What Really Loads Them — Sprinting or the RDL?

Fascinating study compares seven commonly prescribed exercises for hamstring strengthening, particularly for a return-to-sport after injury.

Mar 4, 2026

What Patients Want You to Know About the Injury You Fix Every Week

For the patient, an ACL tear is not a drill. It’s an identity crisis.

Mar 3, 2026

Eccentrics and Elasticity: Why Boys’ Tendons Respond, but Their Muscles Don’t

Does the tissue response look the same in a 35-year-old weekend warrior and a 10-year-old soccer player?

Mar 3, 2026

A Sober, Systematic Look at PRP for Hamstring Treatment

Hamstring injuries don’t explode like ACLs. They don’t swell dramatically. They just…linger.

Feb 26, 2026

Knee OA, Meet the Brain: When Electricity Goes Beyond the Joint

When paired with TENS to treat knee OA pain and function in older patients — it delivered significant improvement. Why?

Feb 25, 2026

Blood Flow Restriction: Same Cuff. Different Cardiovascular Story

What is BFR doing to the cardiovascular system — and does everyone respond the same way?

Feb 24, 2026

Revision ACL vs. The “Other Knee”: A Tale of Two Second Surgeries

Is a revision ACL reconstruction actually worse than tearing the contralateral ACL and starting fresh on the other side?

Feb 23, 2026

Vibration Boosts Quads After ACL Reconstruction

The fastest way to unlock the quad is to vibrate (!) the hamstring. ACL recovery is a neuromuscular problem and process.

Feb 17, 2026

LET vs ALLR: Same Drawer, Different Spin

Lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) OR anterolateral ligament reconstruction (ALLR).

Feb 11, 2026

Return to Sport After ACL Reconstruction

Hamstring autografts, familiar, reliable, and backed by decades of outcomes data.

Feb 9, 2026

Cold Runs, Hot Tendons: What Is Lighting Up the Achilles?

New study identifies key biomechanical patterns which are associated with higher tendon stress in cold conditions.

Feb 9, 2026

Autograft vs Allograft: Choose Your Graft, Not Your Anxiety

Allograft vs Autograft. This time for hip labral reconstruction. In terms of pain and function outcomes, pretty much a draw.

Feb 6, 2026

The Growing Primacy of Return to Sport After TKA

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has long been framed as a trade-off: pain relief in exchange for dialing back athletic goals.

Feb 3, 2026

Meniscal Root Tears: Can Adjustable Fixation Repair and Last?

Posterior medial meniscal root tears have a reputation problem.

Feb 2, 2026

Hip and Groin Injuries: The Injuries Everyone Treats – and Still Underestimates

It sidelines 19% of all soccer athletes and accounts for 11% of, literally, ALL sports injuries.

Jan 26, 2026

ACL Tears in Soccer: The Defender’s Dilemma

How about this fun ACL fact: non-contact injury is 575% more likely than a contact injury.

Jan 26, 2026

Adolescent Spondy Athlete: PT, When?

Should adolescent athletes with diagnosed spondylolysis and low back pain, rest then rehab or rehab right away?

Jan 20, 2026

Orthostatic Hypotension in SCI Athletes

Orthostatic hypotension affects one in three athletes with spinal cord injury.

Jan 20, 2026

Who Leads in Regenerative Technologies?

The leading supplier of regenerative products for spine and ortho is…Vivex. Never heard of them?? They’re #1 in both sales and innovative regenerative technologies. Vivex is redefining patient care. Here are details.

Jun 25, 2025

Ortho and Spine Practice Piggy Banks Shrinking

The share of doctors working in practices wholly owned by physicians is unraveling under compounding pressures.”—so says AMA president Bruce Scott. Here’s the data and more.

Jun 24, 2025

TDR Revision Rate LOWER Than THA or TKA

Total spine disc replacement has LOWER revision rates than total hip or total knee arthroplasty. That’s one of the data pearls that came from TBI’s 20-year follow-up of more than 2,100 TDR patients.

Jun 2, 2025

Tragic Plane Crash Claims Dr. Michael Groff and Family

An incalculable loss: famed neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Groff and his family perished in an awful plane crash. Here is more about this remarkable surgeon, mentor and colleague.

May 2, 2025

What’s the Journavx® Buzz About?

New non-opioid pain killer get FDA approval for acute pain. Patients are taking note. Also demonstrated efficacy, just not enough over Hydrocodone + Acetaminophen. But….there’s more. What about chronic pain? We have updates.

Apr 28, 2025

Augmented Reality Spine Navigation For the ASC

Yet another AR + AI system is angling to get into the OR. This time the feature is that it is ASC friendly. Medivis, a New York City company has their compact system in 40+ hospitals, clinics, and medical schools and has navigated more than 2,000 cases. Check it out.

Apr 21, 2025