Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby out for 9 months with knee injury

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby has been ruled out for eight to nine months with a knee ligament injury.Diaby, 26, missed most of last season with ankle and calf injuries and has made just 92 league starts for the Gunners since January 2006.

A club statement said:

The Club can confirm that Abou Diaby injured his left knee in training on Wednesday and…

Manchester United defender out for 2 months with knee injury

Manchester United have been dealt another injury hammer blow after skipper Nemanja Vidic was ruled out for eight weeks following knee surgery.

It is a massive setback for Sir Alex Ferguson, who is already without injured duo Chris Smalling and Phil Jones.

Vidic, who missed the final five months of last season after rupturing his cruciate in the Champions League defeat to Basle, missed Sunday’s Premier League win at Liverpool…

New knee replacement model increases likelihood of early revision surgery

Orthopaedic surgeons face a steep learning curve to get used to new prostheses, and the instruments and methods that go with them, before new total knee replacement procedures are as safe and effective as conventional methods. Patients who undergo the first 15 operations using a new device in a hospital are 48 percent more likely to…

Incidence of knee arthroplasty higher in women, finds study

Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30 to 59 year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years. According to the study published today in Arthritis &Rheumatism, a peer-reviewed journal…

Shinji Okazaki injures right knee, to miss up to three weeks of play

Stuttgart attacker Shinji Okazaki will miss up to three weeks after suffering a small ligament tear in his right knee.

The team announced the news on Thursday, revealing that the Samurai Blue regular had received the knock in practice on the previous day.

Okazaki has had a good run of form lately, scoring in three straight February matches and bringing his…

Porto right-back Danilo out for the season with knee injury – report

Porto right-back Danilo will spend the rest of the season on the sidelines with a knee injury, Record claims.

The Brazilian defender was stretchered off just 22 minutes into the game after he was involved a challenge with Yaya Toure.

Danilo will undergo a scan on Friday, but there are fears that he may have…