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Hyperextension injury

Injury from excessive hyperextension (knee bending backwards).

In an hyperextension injury the forcible backward bending can cause damage to a number of structures -

• the bones (contusion) (ie bruising)
• one or both cruciate ligaments
• the fat pad
• the popliteus tendon
• the meniscus