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I don't think so, the tendons make the knee potentially more stable, the performance so comes from the muscles. And it requires surgery, usually that kind of su

by hef19898 3y ago

I don't think so, the tendons make the knee potentially more stable, the performance so comes from the muscles. And it requires surgery, usually that kind of surgery is hard on the body, and requires extensive physio therapy and training afterwards. So, the kangaroo tendons are potentially better than traditional implants, the question you pose so is whether or not they are better than the original, human ones. And I somehow doubt that, but I am just a semi-engineer with a ruptured, but still working, knee and not a physician.

TOMDM 3y ago
That's my thinking too, but I am left wondering if athletes with this implant will be able to pull riskier corners knowing that their knees are unlikely to give this time. I look forward to finding out either way
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throw1234651234 3y ago
This surgery has a very long recovery time. The ligaments are just part of the story, the bigger risk is the cartilage in the joint - if it tears, good luck, we have nothing to fix it. Expensive stem cell therapy maybe kind of works. CPM (continuous passive motion) sort of works over years, and then there are the cripple-you-for-life titanium joint replacements surgeries. In short, this is far, far from being a concern, as cartilage will fail even if the ligament can take it. Similar issue as steroid-user muscle growth outpacing tendonds. Medicine can't repair anything. I will repeat this for the 1000th time, if you think we have tech realize that we - can't fix an artery, re-attach a nail to the nail bed, fix some crystals on teeth (enamel), regrow hair, etc, let alone re-attach a nerve (though we do bypasses now). Basically, people way overestimate the reality of what they can do when they hear 3d organ printing myths.
- hef19898 3y ago
  Recovery is indeed long: my surgeon, who specializes in this stuff and treats professional soccer players as well, talkes about a year until a potential return to normal training and 6 months until being able to run in non-straight lines... Well, for now it seems I can get away without suregery (we'll see what skiing this winter has to say), but it is nothing an athlete would do, loosing a year of training will not be worth it, on fact it can and does mean the end of a career.
pmontra 3y ago
I wonder if human muscles can pull those stronger tendons as they should to walk and run normally. Probably the surgeons can weaken them a bit before the implant.

TOMDM 3y ago

That's my thinking too, but I am left wondering if athletes with this implant will be able to pull riskier corners knowing that their knees are unlikely to give this time. I look forward to finding out either way

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throw1234651234 3y ago

This surgery has a very long recovery time. The ligaments are just part of the story, the bigger risk is the cartilage in the joint - if it tears, good luck, we have nothing to fix it. Expensive stem cell therapy maybe kind of works. CPM (continuous passive motion) sort of works over years, and then there are the cripple-you-for-life titanium joint replacements surgeries. In short, this is far, far from being a concern, as cartilage will fail even if the ligament can take it. Similar issue as steroid-user muscle growth outpacing tendonds. Medicine can't repair anything. I will repeat this for the 1000th time, if you think we have tech realize that we - can't fix an artery, re-attach a nail to the nail bed, fix some crystals on teeth (enamel), regrow hair, etc, let alone re-attach a nerve (though we do bypasses now). Basically, people way overestimate the reality of what they can do when they hear 3d organ printing myths.

hef19898 3y ago
Recovery is indeed long: my surgeon, who specializes in this stuff and treats professional soccer players as well, talkes about a year until a potential return to normal training and 6 months until being able to run in non-straight lines... Well, for now it seems I can get away without suregery (we'll see what skiing this winter has to say), but it is nothing an athlete would do, loosing a year of training will not be worth it, on fact it can and does mean the end of a career.

pmontra 3y ago

I wonder if human muscles can pull those stronger tendons as they should to walk and run normally. Probably the surgeons can weaken them a bit before the implant.