The knee examination, in medicine and physiotherapy, is performed as part of a physical examination, or when a patient presents with knee pain or a history...
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Genuflection Knee arthritis Knee cartilage replacement therapy Knee examination Kneecapping Kneeling Knésetja Medial collateral ligament Partial knee replacement...
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Patellar tendinitis (redirect from Jumper's Knee)
known as jumper's knee, is an overuse injury of the tendon that straightens the knee. Symptoms include pain in the front of the knee. Typically the pain...
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Knee effusion, informally known as water on the knee, occurs when excess synovial fluid accumulates in or around the knee joint. It has many common causes...
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Patellar reflex (redirect from Knee-Jerk Reflex)
The patellar reflex, also called the knee reflex or knee-jerk, is a stretch reflex which tests the L2, L3, and L4 segments of the spinal cord. Many animals...
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Prepatellar bursitis (redirect from Housemaid's knee)
knee pain, including sprains, bursitis, and injuries to the meniscus. A diagnosis of prepatellar bursitis can be made based on a physical examination...
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McMurray test (category Examination of the knee)
meniscal tears. Knee examination Solomon, D. H.; Simel, D. L.; Bates, D. W.; Katz, J. N.; Schaffer, J. L. (2001). "The rational clinical examination. Does this...
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Clarke's test (category Examination of the knee)
of knee examination which may be used to test for patellofemoral pain syndrome, chondromalacia patellae, patellofemoral arthritis, or anterior knee pain...
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Arthroscopy (redirect from Knee arthroscopy)
arthroscopic examination of almost every joint, but is most commonly used for the knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle, foot, and hip. Knee arthroscopy...
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Knee replacement, also known as knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and...
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Patellofemoral pain syndrome (category Knee injuries and disorders)
with jumper's knee) is knee pain as a result of problems between the kneecap and the femur. The pain is generally in the front of the knee and comes on...
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Infrapatellar bursitis (category Knee injuries and disorders)
bending of the knees while standing, squatting, running, or jumping. Diagnosis is generally based on symptom and physical examination. When the deep bursa...
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A knee dislocation is an injury in which there is disruption of the knee joint between the tibia and the femur. Symptoms include pain and instability of...
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In a physical examination, medical examination, clinical examination, or medical checkup, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical...
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the bed or examination table should be flat. The patient's hands should remain at their sides with the head resting on a pillow. The knees and hips should...
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The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to...
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tendon tears at the point where it attaches to the knee cap. Diagnosis is based on symptoms, examination, and medical imaging. Small tears may be treated...
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The knee-chest position or genupectoral position is a position used in a number of medical situations including gynecological examination and surgery...
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named after the gynaecologist J. Marion Sims, is usually used for rectal examination, treatments, enemas, and examining patients for vaginal wall prolapse...
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Straight leg raise (category Musculoskeletal examination)
patient lying down on their back on an examination table or exam floor, the examiner lifts the patient's leg while the knee is straight.[citation needed] A variation...
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Anterior cruciate ligament injury (category Knee injuries)
physical examination and is sometimes supported by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Physical examination will often show tenderness around the knee joint...
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Orthotics (redirect from Knee brace)
joints they support. Some examples include KAFO, or knee-ankle-foot orthoses, which span the knee, ankle, and foot; TLSO, or thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthoses...
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Meniscus tear (redirect from Locked knee)
the fibrocartilage strips in the knee called menisci. When doctors and patients refer to "torn cartilage" in the knee, they actually may be referring to...
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"Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty revised to total knee arthroplasty versus primary total knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis of matched studies". The Knee. 45: 1–10...
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Lachman test (category Examination of the knee)
cruciate ligament rupture: a meta-analysis of physical examinations with and without anaesthesia". Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 21 (8): 1895–903. doi:10...
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A neurological examination is the assessment of sensory neuron and motor responses, especially reflexes, to determine whether the nervous system is impaired...
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joints, including the knees, may also be the first sign. Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis often entails a physical examination, assessment of symptoms...
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Osteoarthritis (redirect from Knee osteoarthritis)
near the ends of the fingers and the joint at the base of the thumbs, the knee and hip joints, and the joints of the neck and lower back. The symptoms can...
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patient's hips and knees should be flexed (in a bent position) so that their abdominal muscles remain relaxed during the examination. Asking the patient...
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Drawer test (category Examination of the knee)
himself by sitting on the examination table in front of the involved knee and grasping the tibia just below the joint line of the knee. The thumbs are placed...
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