Robert Marx, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery, recently published an article on performing surgery for small medial meniscocapsular separations to treat chronic medial-side knee pain, particularly in young female athletes. Several articles in the literature show female athletes are more likely to incur knee injuries than male athletes, possibly due to a difference in their biomechanics.

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez recently traveled to Europe for the experimental procedure Orthokine, which could alleviate pain in his right knee, according to a Fox Sports News report.

Older Americans are reporting more knee pain and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, according to findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

DJO Global has launched the Empi Active Knee TENS System for treating knee pain, according to a DJO Global news release.

A new study shows combining ibuprofen with acetaminophen provided better relief of chronic knee pain than acetaminophen alone, but there were increased side effects, according to a report in MedPage Today.