Are Energy Drinks Safe?

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Objectives: To evaluate clinically and radiologically the long-term results of ACL reconstruction with a hamstring graft.

With the availability of energy drinks today, I wanted to warn everyone about the negative effects of it. As everyone should know, energy drinks do give you energy to stay awake throughout the day. It can also be harmful to you in many ways. Some of those ways are inducing anxiety, sleep deprivation, and if you’re pregnant, there is a higher risk of a miscarriage. If you are drinking energy drinks or any type of caffeine any of these could happen.

There are different techniques that repair a torn ACL. The popular method for surgeons is the patellar tendon graft procedure. This type of ACL replacement uses the middle third of the person’s own patellar tendon and replacing the damage tendon with it. The advantages are that the fixation is very strong and the patellar tendon replacing

(Citations, expert) The International Journal of Health Sciences says there are many potential adverse effects of energy drinks in relation to their ingredients such as:

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The Anterior Cruciate Ligament also known as the ACL is deemed the most commonly torn ligament in the knee and can result from both contact and noncontact injuries. Most Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries result from an extreme force on the lateral side of the person’s knee causing a valgus force which pushes the knee inward (Kisner & Colby, 2012, pp. 802-803). This injury to the side of the knee can also cause a “Terrible Triad” injury which also injures both the medial meniscus and the medial collateral ligament (Kisner & Colby, 2012, p. 803). Our textbook further states that “the most common noncontact mechanism is a rotational mechanism in which the tibia is externally rotated on the planted foot….this mechanism can account for as many as 78% of all ACL injuries” (Kisner & Colby, 2012, p. 803). If the person does not seek medical help with this injury they are susceptible to also injuring the remaining support ligaments as well. Patients usually present with joint effusion; possibly 25 degrees of flexion, joint swelling if blood vessels are involved, limited ROM, stress pain and instability along with quads avoidance gait patterns (Kisner & Colby, 2011, p. 208)

Since patients typically obtain ACLR to return to their pre-injury status and contain their normal activities, there is no point in a vast majority of elderly ACL tear victims receiving it. On top of that, the small group of elderly who are active and desire return to activities have to pass a certain criteria for ACLR: “ACL reconstruction in active patients older than 60 years with ACL deficiency but without knee arthritis,” (Toanen 2017), meaning that these active patients cannot have knee arthritis in order for them to undergo ACLR. To put this into perspective, “of persons ages 65 or older, 49.6% [have] ever reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis,” (Arthritis-Related Statistics 2017). This means that about half of the population over 65 years of age can not get ACLR. Speaking of arthritis, ACLR can cause osteoarthritis in individuals over 60 years. In a study review, “twenty-seven of the included studies specifically evaluated the presence of tibiofemoral OA in patients treated with ACL-R, whereas 2 studies assessed OA in only ACL-D patients who received conservative treatment,” (Toanen 2017). This is because the ACLR procedure requires manipulating the femur and the tibia to give the ACL a stake-like plantation so the ACL can be attached. “Two contiguous 5-mm tunnels inside the anatomic ACL femoral and tibial attachment areas along their long axes, and they are expanded with a 5 × 10-mm dilator into parallelepiped ones,” (Shino 2012). Drilling into bone

Presentation and Examination: The knee anterior drawer test is a commonly used during orthopedic examinations to evaluate the integrity of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The test is conducted with the patient supine; hips and knees are flexed at a 45 and 90-degree angles with feet flat on the table. While holding the calf distal to the knee joint pulling suddenly away from the patient tests the anterior drawer while pushing back tests the posterior drawer. In this case, the positive anterior drawer test indicated ACL damage.

Lastly, the pivot shift test could distinguish 21 of the 28 patients had an ACL injury, with a sensitivity of 75, specificity of 100%, and efficiency of 75%. Under anesthesia the pivot test recognized all 28 patients with an ACL injury, giving it a 100% efficiency, sensitivity of 100, and specificity of 100%. The Lachman and AD test both identified 26 of the 28 with an ACL injury, giving them both the efficiency of 92.9%, a sensitivity of 92.9 and specificity of 100%. Conclusion: For outpatient, the AD and Lachman test are great for recognizing an ACL injury, and laxity in the ligament. The pivot shift test is outstanding in recognizing ligament laxity, and ACL injury in those under anesthesia. All three tests can be used in an outpatient setting with good results, but some are more consistent that others depending on the

Introduction: Anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction provides excellent results for restoring normal kinematics to the knee. Nevertheless, strong evidence supporting an ideal method for fixation of the ACL graft is lacking.

People around the world drink energy drinks on a daily basis not knowing of the ingredients and how they affect your body. more than 200 milligrams of caffeine can be dangerous, and energy drinks can include up to 500mg

A torn ACL is one of the most serious and common knee injuries. Many aspects play a role in the treatment and rehabilitation of this injury. This paper will discuss the anatomy of the knee, describe a torn ACL, and the rehabilitation.

This essay deals with the current treatments, rehabilitation procedures and onsets following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Within this essay, there will be information including the causes, characteristics, and symptoms of ACL injuries. Throughout the United States, there are estimated to be 200,000 ACL injuries per year with 100,000 of those injuries being treated through ACL reconstruction (Evans, Shaginaw, & Bartolozz, 2014). With a satisfactory ACL reconstruction outcome between 75%-97%. From the 10%-15% failure rate of ACL reconstruction, the primary fault is due to technical mistakes at 70% (Samitier, Marcano, Alentorn-Geli, Cugot, Former, & Moser,

Sylvia Nena (2011) also stated that “Manufactures of these products claim to increase energy, endurance, burn fat and improve athletic performance. According to experts, many of them state that it is untrue that energy drink helps to increase energy. This is due to drugs that can be found in the drinks such as caffeine. Caffeine with high levels of consuming can cause some problems to the human body like palpitations, hypertension, vomiting, convulsions and even worst heart failure which can lead to death. Roland Griffiths (2012) a caffeine specialist said that high caffeine in use by young people can cause a cycle of rushes and crashes that can add “a degree of variance to their moods and psychological well-being that they don’t really need. Joao Breda(2014) from WHO’s Europe wrote that caffeine has a proven negative effect on