Ken Best Early results from a new study on the rate of recovery from knee injuries show that patients who are highly stressed recover more slowly from their injuries than those with lower stress levels, according to doctors at the Yale Sports Medicine Center.
Knee injuries are one of the most frequent injuries to athletes, including professional athletes.
Former University of Connecticut star Rebecca Lobo of the New York Liberty suffered an ACL injury at the beginning of the WNBA season this summer. Jason Sehorn of the New York Giants of the NFL is recovering from knee surgery and expects to return to his team for the upcoming season. About 100 patients are part of the Yale study, one of the first to closely follow nonsurgical elements of how patients recover from their injuries. There are 40 ACL patients and 59 arthroscopic knee patients in the study of 44 women and 55 men that began last year. We hope to identify important nonsurgical factors influencing recovery in individuals undergoing these type of procedures and be able to intervene to enhance recovery.