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Kurt P. Spindler

Kurt P. Spindler

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Overview

Kurt P. Spindler is a researcher affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant concentration in surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, rheumatology, biomedical engineering, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies

Spindler has contributed extensively to scientific literature, publishing in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kurt P. Spindler include:

  • "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in High School and College-Aged Athletes: Does Autograft Choice Influence Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Rates?", 2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Clinical outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament injury: panther symposium ACL injury clinical outcomes consensus group", 2020, Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
  • "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
  • "Developing a personalized outcome prediction tool for knee arthroplasty", 2020, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • "Cognitive-behavioral-based physical therapy to enhance return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An open pilot study", 2020, Physical Therapy in Sport

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Morgan H. Jones
  • Laura J. Huston
  • Christopher C. Kaeding
  • Carl S. Winalski
  • Richard D. Parker

Best Publications

  • Surgery versus Physical Therapy for a Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis

    Jeffrey N. Katz;Robert H. Brophy;Christine E. Chaisson;Leigh de Chaves

  • How to write a systematic review

    Rick W Wright;Richard A Brand;Warren Dunn;Kurt P Spindler

  • Clinical practice. Anterior cruciate ligament tear.

    Kurt P. Spindler;Rick W. Wright

  • Risk Factors and Predictors of Subsequent ACL Injury in Either Knee After ACL Reconstruction Prospective Analysis of 2488 Primary ACL Reconstructions From the MOON Cohort

    Christopher C. Kaeding;Angela D. Pedroza;Emily K. Reinke;Laura J. Huston

  • Societal and Economic Impact of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears

    Richard C. Mather;Lane Koenig;Mininder S. Kocher;Timothy M. Dall

  • Descriptive epidemiology of the Multicenter ACL Revision Study (MARS) cohort.

    Rick W Wright;Laura J Huston;Kurt P Spindler

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Autograft Choice: Bone-Tendon-Bone Versus Hamstring Does It Really Matter? A Systematic Review

    Kurt P. Spindler;John E. Kuhn;Kevin Blake Freedman;Charles E. Matthews

  • The Effect of the Menstrual Cycle on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Women as Determined by Hormone Levels

    Edward M. Wojtys;Laura J. Huston;Melbourne D. Boynton;Kurt P. Spindler

  • 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

  • Return to Play and Future ACL Injury Risk After ACL Reconstruction in Soccer Athletes From the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Group

    Robert H. Brophy;Leah Schmitz;Rick W. Wright;Warren R. Dunn

  • Ipsilateral graft and contralateral ACL rupture at five years or more following ACL reconstruction: a systematic review

    Rick W. Wright;Robert A. Magnussen;Warren R. Dunn;Kurt P. Spindler

  • Collagen-platelet rich plasma hydrogel enhances primary repair of the porcine anterior cruciate ligament.

    Martha M. Murray;Kurt P. Spindler;Eduardo Abreu;John A. Muller

  • Current concepts review: revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

    Michael S. George;Warren R. Dunn;Kurt P. Spindler

  • Prospective study of osseous, articular, and meniscal lesions in recent anterior cruciate ligament tears by magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy

    Kurt P. Spindler;Jean P. Schils;John A. Bergfeld;Jack T. Andrish

  • Enhanced histologic repair in a central wound in the anterior cruciate ligament with a collagen-platelet-rich plasma scaffold

    Martha M. Murray;Kurt P. Spindler;Percy Ballard;Percy Ballard;Tyler P. Welch

  • 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

  • Treatment of focal articular cartilage defects in the knee: a systematic review.

    Robert A. Magnussen;Warren R. Dunn;James L. Carey;Kurt P. Spindler

  • 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

  • Return to High School– and College-Level Football After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction A Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Cohort Study

    Kirk A. McCullough;Kevin D. Phelps;Kurt P. Spindler;Matthew J. Matava

  • The rate of subsequent surgery and predictors after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: two- and 6-year follow-up results from a multicenter cohort.

    Carolyn M. Hettrich;Warren R. Dunn;Emily K. Reinke

Frequent Co-Authors

Rick W. Wright
Rick W. Wright Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Annunziato Amendola
Annunziato Amendola University of Iowa
Robert G. Marx
Robert G. Marx Hospital for Special Surgery
Braden C. Fleming
Braden C. Fleming Brown University
Jon Karlsson
Jon Karlsson University of Gothenburg
Brian J. Cole
Brian J. Cole Rush University Medical Center
Bernard R. Bach
Bernard R. Bach Rush University Medical Center
Jeffrey N. Katz
Jeffrey N. Katz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elena Losina
Elena Losina Brigham and Women's Hospital

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