Dr. Robert Stephen Adelaar MD
Orthopedist | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
1200 E Broad St Mcv Station Box 9801 Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Robert Adelaar is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Adelaar specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Adelaar tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1971
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder in male cardiac surgery patients.
- Complications of forefoot and midfoot fractures.
- Elongation behavior of calcaneofibular and cervical ligaments in a closed kinetic chain: pathomechanics of lateral hindfoot instability.
- Effects of medializing calcaneal osteotomy on Achilles tendon lengthening and plantar foot pressures.
- External fixation in the treatment of tibial pilon fractures: comparison of two frames in torsion.
- Plantar pressure analysis in cadaver feet after bony procedures commonly used in the treatment of stage II posterior tibial tendon insufficiency.
- Simulation of contact gait in the cadaveric lower extremity using a novel below knee simulator.
- Biomechanical comparison of screw versus plate/screw construct for talonavicular fusion.
- Effect of isolated talocalcaneal fusion on contact in the ankle and talonavicular
- Biomechanical evaluation of a locking and nonlocking reconstruction plate in an osteoporotic calcaneal fracture model.
- The treatment of tarsometatarsal fracture-dislocation.
- Fractures of the talus.
- Biomechanical performance of a new device for medial malleolar fractures.
- Plantar forces in flexor hallucis longus versus flexor digitorum longus transfer in adult acquired flatfoot deformity.
- Validation of a population of patient-specific adult acquired flatfoot deformity models.
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