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A drug discovered by CHOP researchers is currently in a phase 3 clinical trial and targets the pathological process that leads to excess bone growth in FOP.
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After a year of pandemic lockdowns, high school athletes are getting injured. The Philadelphia Inquirer asked CHOP experts for advice on how to safely return to play.
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Bone stress injuries are common overuse injuries that often strike young female athletes, and can take them out of the game, studio or gym for months. Naomi Brown, MD, talks about relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) and its connection to stress fractures.
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Large study provides head impact sensor analysis across four sports and both genders, a first for basketball and field hockey.
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A CHOP Sports Medicine expert shares how parents, coaches and kids can prepare for sports competition and remain safe from COVID-19.
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Two recent papers from the Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) were recognized with awards by the International Congress of Early Onset Scoliosis (ICEOS) and the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS).
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It goes without saying that the year 2020 was like no other for our nation, and it was no exception for the Division of Orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
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When A.L. was 11 years old, he complained of pain in his left hip. The pain subsided, but a week and a half later, A.L. came home crying and barely able to walk. The pain in his hip had become “excruciating.”
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When S.M. experienced a large growth spurt between age 11 and 12, his pediatrician noted the youth’s increased height, that the boy’s shoulders were slightly uneven and his spine noticeably curved. The physician referred S.M.’s family to the Division of Orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for evaluation.
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Van Nes rotationplasty surgery for osteosarcoma is a “functional amputation” in which the the foot is rotated 180 degrees on the vertical axis and the ankle becomes a functioning knee joint.