Robert LaPrade
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- MD, PhD.
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- Orthopedics
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- Dr. Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD, is one of the world’s most celebrated complex orthopaedic knee sports surgeons. He has specialized skills and expertise in diagnosing and treating complicated knee injuries and previously failed surgeries. Dr. LaPrade has special expertise in treating posterolateral knee injuries, PCL tears, revision ACL reconstructions, meniscal transplants, MCL injuries, knee osteotomies, fresh osteoarticular allografts, articular cartilage resurfacing procedures, and other difficult combined and revision injuries.
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Medial Meniscus Assessment
Dr. Robert F. LaPrade is an orthopedic knee specialist and surgeon at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado. With medial meniscus injuries of the knee, the joint line on the inner knee will often be tender...
Lateral Meniscus Injury Assessment
Robert F. LaPrade, MD, is a knee specialist and sports medicine expert with the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado. Meniscus injuries are a common source of knee pain and knee instability for athletes...
Lachman's Test Video | ACL Knee Injury
Dr. Robert F. LaPrade, orthopedic knee specialist, surgeon, and sports medicine expert with the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, presents this short video on the Lachman's Test. The Lachman test is...
Genu Recurvatum Test | Knee Ligament Injuries
Knee Surgeon Dr. Robert LaPrade of the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO demonstrates a procedure during a Clinical Knee Exam known as a Genu Recurvatum Test. One of the more difficult problems to treat in...
Dial Test Knee Examination | PCL Knee Injury
Orthopedic Knee Surgeon, Dr. Robert F. LaPrade of the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO, demonstrates a procedure during a Clinical Knee Exam known as a Dial Test Knee Exam. During this exam, the patient lies...
Anterior Drawer Test | Knee Injury
Orthopedic Knee Surgeon, Dr. Robert F. LaPrade of the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO, demonstrates a procedure during a Clinical Knee Exam known as the Anterior Drawer Test. This specific test helps orthopedic...
Anteromedial Drawer Test | Exam for Medial Knee Injury
Orthopedic Knee Surgeon, Dr. Robert F. LaPrade of the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO, demonstrates a procedure during a Clinical Knee Exam known as the Anteromedial Drawer Test. The anteromedial drawer...
Bursitis Palpation of the Knee | Patellofemoral Knee Pain
Dr. Robert F. LaPrade, Orthopedic Knee Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist with the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO, demonstrates a procedure that shows palpation of the knee. When this palpation occurs,...
Dial Test Knee Sensitivity | Multi-Ligament Knee Injury
Orthopedic Knee Surgeon, Dr. Robert F. LaPrade of the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO, demonstrates a procedure called a Dial Test. During this exam, the patient lies face down and is performed at both 30°...
How to Read Knee MRI of MCL Injury
Complex knee surgeon, Robert LaPrade MD, PhD. breaks down how to read knee MRI of MCL injury. This patient had a skiing injury on the medial side of the knee. To begin, the coronal image is assessed....
How to Read Knee MRI of Meniscal Root Tear
Colorado knee surgeon, Dr. Robert LaPrade discusses how to read knee MRI of meniscal root tear. The meniscal roots are the attachment sites for the meniscus to the bone, and are important because if...
How to Read Knee MRI of Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesion
Colorado complex knee specialist Robert LaPrade MD, PhD. sits down to discuss how to read knee MRI of osteochondritis dissecans lesions, also known as an OCD lesion. An osteochondritis dissecans lesion...
How to Read an MRI of a PCL Tear
Colorado knee specialist Dr. Robert LaPrade breaks down the specific on how to read an MRI of a PCL tear. This specific case shows an isolated PCL tear. Starting with sagittal images on the lateral...
How to Read Knee MRI of Normal Knee
Colorado knee specialist Dr. Robert LaPrade discusses how to read knee MRI of normal knee. Anatomy of the knee is complex, through the use of magnetic resonance imaging, clinicians can diagnose ligament...
How to Read Knee MRI of Medial Meniscus Tear
Colorado knee surgeon, Dr. Robert LaPrade details the specifics on how to read knee MRI of medial meniscus tear. There are different types of meniscus tears and a horizontal cleavage tear occurs within...
How to Read Knee MRI of ACL Tear | Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury...
In this video, Colorado knee surgeon Dr. LaPrade identifies how to read knee MRI of ACL tear. He looks at the normal anatomy of the knee and what a torn ACL looks like and the secondary signs of an anterior...
How to Read Knee MRI of PLC Injury
Complex knee specialist Robert LaPrade MD, PhD. discusses how to read knee MRI of PLC injury. The posterolateral corner of the knee is comprised of three main stabilizers; the fibular collateral ligament,...
How to Read Knee MRI of Radial Meniscus Tear
Sports medicine knee specialist Robert LaPrade, MD PhD reviews how to read knee MRI of radial meniscus tear. It is important to be able to differentiate a radial meniscus tear on magnetic imaging because...
How to Read Knee MRI of FCL (LCL) Tear
Complex knee specialist Dr. Robert LaPrade discusses how to read knee MRI of FCL (LCL) tear. The FCL (fibular collateral ligament) is also known as the LCL (lateral collateral ligament). In this video...