The Knee Learning Resource
A kind of blood vessel tumour formed by the overgrowth of blood vessel lining cells.
Haem' means blood and 'arthrosis' means joint so a haemarthrosis is bleeding into a joint.
A haematoma is a collection or pooling of blood in an area of the body.
The 'hamstrings' or 'hamstrings muscles' are the muscles at the back of the thigh.
A hamstrings graft is a transplant replacing a torn cruciate ligament using one of the hamstrings tendons from the back of the knee - the semi-tendinosis, together with another muscle, the gracilis.
An injury to the hamstrings muscle or tendon.
A hamstrings stretch is a stretch of tight hamstrings muscles at the back of the thigh.
A 'harpoon' in knee surgery is the term sometimes given to small bio-degradeable barbed devices which are shot through the two parts of a torn meniscus to holda loose fragment while it is being attended to.
The Hauser procedure used to be performed for recurrent dislocation of the patella.
The Health Professions Council (HPC) is an independent, UK-wide health regulator for thirteen different professions including physiotherapy.
A rehabilitation exercise.
A rehabilitation exercise.
American spelling of haemarthrosis.
American spelling of haematoma.
Hemicallotasis is a procedure where the bone (usually upper tibia) is cut through half its width and then the two parts are slowly distracted (pulled apart) using a special apparatus called an external fixator.
Heterotopic ossification is a condition where bone forms in places where it should not form, usually in soft tissue.
An 'osteotomy' is an operation where a bone is cut and re-positioned. The 'tibia' is the shin bone. In a high tibial osteotomy the bone of the upper tibia is cut and repositioned.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
Abbreviation of 'human immunodeficiency virus'.
Abbreviation of 'heterotopic ossification'.
A disorder of the fat pad, characterised by pain at the front of the knee, and often an effusion and signs suggestive of ligament instability.
Hoffa's sign is pain and distress when straightening the bent knee while an examiner presses deeply with the thumbs on either side of the patellar tendon.
The same thing as Hoffa's disease.
Hoffa's test is a clinical test for a damaged fat pad.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
A horizontal cleavage tear is a degenerative tear of a meniscus, extending into the meniscus substance, and cleaving it horizontally into two parts, like a clam.
The same thing as 'pre-patellar bursitis'.
Abbreviation of 'Health Professions Council'.
Abbreviation of 'high tibial osteotomy'.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus which causes AIDS.
The same thing as 'articular cartilage'.
Extension means 'straightening'. When the knee is straight it is said to be extended. Extension is when the angle between the thigh bone and the shin bone is 0 degrees. 'Hyperextension' is when the knee continues to bend a few more degrees on from this straight position.
Injury from excessive hyperextension (knee bending backwards).
Hypermobility means that the joints are unusually mobile.
A hypermobility syndrome is a group of symptoms and signs tending to occur together and in which the joints are unusually mobile.
'Hyper' means 'too much'. 'Trophy' means 'growth'. The word hypertrophy means excessive growth.
'Hyper' means 'too much'. 'Trophy' means 'growth'. The word hypertrophy means excessive growth.
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