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Annunziato Amendola

Annunziato Amendola

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Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
20828
World Ranking
15782
National Ranking
7945

Overview

Annunziato Amendola is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a special emphasis on surgery and orthopedics and sports medicine. Additional subfields include rheumatology, epidemiology, and cell biology.

Their work covers several main topics such as:

  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment

Amendola has published multiple papers in various respected venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Association Between Graft Choice and 6-Year Outcomes of Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the MARS Cohort, 2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Articular Cartilage and Meniscus Predictors of Patient-Reported Outcomes 10 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Multicenter Cohort Study, 2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in a Cohort of Division I NCAA Athletes From a Single Institution, 2021, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • The anterior cruciate ligament injury severity scale (ACLISS) is an effective tool to document and categorize the magnitude of associated tissue damage in knees after primary ACL injury and reconstruction, 2023, Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
  • Meniscus cell regional phenotypes: Dedifferentiation and reversal by biomaterial embedding, 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

The scientist frequently publishes in several key journals, including:

  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
  • International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
  • Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Amendola often collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Laura J. Huston
  • Kurt P. Spindler
  • Brian R. Wolf
  • Rick W. Wright
  • Robert H. Brophy

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology of ankle arthritis: report of a consecutive series of 639 patients from a tertiary orthopaedic center.

    Charles L Saltzman;Michael L Salamon;G Michael Blanchard;Thomas Huff

  • Operative versus nonoperative treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures: a multicenter randomized trial using accelerated functional rehabilitation.

    Kevin Willits;Annunziato Amendola;Dianne Bryant;Nicholas G. Mohtadi

  • Allograft Versus Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Predictors of Failure From a MOON Prospective Longitudinal Cohort

    Christopher C. Kaeding;Brian Aros;Angela Pedroza;Eric Pifel

  • Prospective controlled trial of STAR total ankle replacement versus ankle fusion: initial results.

    Charles L. Saltzman;Roger A. Mann;Jeanette E. Ahrens;Annunziato Amendola

  • Results of high tibial osteotomy: review of the literature.

    Annunziato Amendola;Davide Edoardo Bonasia

  • The effect of bracing on varus gonarthrosis.

    A. Kirkley;S. Webster-Bogaert;R. Litchfield;A. Amendola

  • Risk of Tearing the Intact Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the Contralateral Knee and Rupturing the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft During the First 2 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction A Prospective MOON Cohort Study

    Rick W. Wright;Warren R. Dunn;Annunziato Amendola;Jack T. Andrish

  • Effect of Graft Choice on the Outcome of Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Multicenter ACL Revision Study (MARS) Cohort

    Rick W. Wright;Laura J. Huston;Amanda K. Haas

  • The prognosis and predictors of sports function and activity at minimum 6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a population cohort study.

    Kurt P. Spindler;Laura J. Huston;Rick W. Wright;Christopher C. Kaeding

  • MCL injuries of the knee: current concepts review.

    Phinit Phisitkul;Stan L James;Brian R Wolf;Annunziato Amendola

  • Syndesmotic Ankle Sprains in Athletes

    Glenn N. Williams;Morgan Herancourt Jones;Annunziato Amendola;Annunziato Amendola

  • Is stress radiography necessary in the diagnosis of acute or chronic ankle instability

    Sean C. L. Frost;Annunziato Amendola

  • Meniscal Allograft Transplantation A Systematic Review

    Federica Rosso;Salvatore Bisicchia;Davide Edoardo Bonasia;Annunziato Amendola

  • Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Pain, Pain Sensitivity, and Function in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Carol Grace T. Vance;Barbara A. Rakel;Nicole P. Blodgett;Josimari Melo DeSantana

  • Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy for Symptomatic Hyperextension-Varus Thrust

    Douglas D.R. Naudie;Annunziato Amendola;Peter J. Fowler

  • The use of magnetic resonance imaging in exertional compartment syndromes

    A. Amendola;C.H. Rorabeck;D. Vellett;W. Vezina

  • Occult Osteochondral Lesions After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture Six-Year Magnetic Resonance Imaging Follow-up Study

    Kenneth J. Faber;James R. Dill;Annunziato Amendola;Lisa Thain

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Rehabilitation: MOON Guidelines.

    Rick W. Wright;Amanda K. Haas;Joy Anderson;Gary Calabrese

  • A systematic review of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation: part II: open versus closed kinetic chain exercises, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, accelerated rehabilitation, and miscellaneous topics.

    Rick W. Wright;Emily Preston;Braden C. Fleming;Annunziato Amendola

  • Osteoarthritis classification scales: Interobserver reliability and arthroscopic correlation

    Rick W. Wright;James R. Ross;Amanda K. Haas;Laura J. Huston

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt P. Spindler
Kurt P. Spindler Cleveland Clinic
Rick W. Wright
Rick W. Wright Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Charles L. Saltzman
Charles L. Saltzman University of Utah
Robert G. Marx
Robert G. Marx Hospital for Special Surgery
Brian J. Cole
Brian J. Cole Rush University Medical Center
Bernard R. Bach
Bernard R. Bach Rush University Medical Center
Robert A. Arciero
Robert A. Arciero University of Connecticut
Christopher D. Harner
Christopher D. Harner The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Joseph A. Buckwalter
Joseph A. Buckwalter University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

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