CHOP Researchers Find Golf Carts Injure More than 6,500 Children Annually
Oct 11, 2021
CHOP researchers have found that the number of golf cart-related injuries have risen steadily over the past decade, as the use of golf carts has increased.
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Oct 11, 2021
CHOP researchers have found that the number of golf cart-related injuries have risen steadily over the past decade, as the use of golf carts has increased.
Jul 7, 2021
A drug discovered by CHOP researchers is currently in a phase 3 clinical trial and targets the pathological process that leads to excess bone growth in FOP.
Jul 6, 2021
After a year of pandemic lockdowns, high school athletes are getting injured. The Philadelphia Inquirer asked CHOP experts for advice on how to safely return to play.
Mar 17, 2021
Large study provides head impact sensor analysis across four sports and both genders, a first for basketball and field hockey.
Aug 10, 2021
A CHOP Sports Medicine physician shares advice as youth athletes return to competitive fall sports after time away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 1, 2021
A generous gift will further our understanding of how and when kids get injured playing sports — and the best ways to treat them.
Feb 3, 2021
When A.L. was 11 years old, he complained of pain in his left hip. The pain subsided, but a week and a half later, A.L. came home crying and barely able to walk. The pain in his hip had become “excruciating.”
Feb 3, 2021
Two recent papers from the Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) were recognized with awards by the International Congress of Early Onset Scoliosis (ICEOS) and the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS).
Dec 11, 2020
CHOP is now offering pediatric orthopaedic services to families at its Specialty Care Center in Mays Landing, NJ.
Nov 13, 2020
Read this case study about a patient who received treatment for osteosarcoma and underwent limb salvage surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.