The Knee Learning Resource
A knee may be 'iced' to limit inflammation and swelling.
Abbreviation for 'International Cartilage Repair Society'.
Abbreviation for 'International Knee Documentation Committee'.
A knee rehabilitation exercise.
The iliotibial band is a thickened and strong tendinous strap which runs down the side of the thigh.
An overuse disorder, where with exercise a person experiences pain on the outer side of the knee over the bony prominence called the femoral epicondyle.
Same thing as 'iliotibial band friction syndrome'.
An immune response is a cellular and chemical reaction of the body to a foreign agent.
When an structure in the body interferes with the mobility of another structure by getting in the way.
An incision is a surgical cut.
Inflammation is a condition of distress of body tissues, where irritant chemicals are released and trigger a protective cellular response from the body.
Inflammation of the infrapatellar bursa, below the kneecap.
A disorder of excessive scarring within the knee, where the patellar tendon, fat pad and surrounding tissues scar (fibrose) and contact, pulling the patella into an abnormally low position (patella infera).
The Insall-Salvati Ratio is the ratio of the length of the patella tendon to the length of the patella, when measured on an X-ray or MRI with the knees bent to 30 degrees.
When a surgeon sews (sutures) the torn bits of a meniscus, he has the option to use a number of different techniques. One of these is the 'inside-out' technique. It is a challenging procedure and has been replaced by the simple 'all inside' technique.
With instability of the knee, the person feels that they cannot trust the joint, which may give way and not allow confident movement.
The intercondylar notch is the deep groove or notch between the two rounded ends (condyles) of the femur bone (thighbone).
A screw that is used to hold a ligament graft firmly in the bone by actually running alongside the ligament tissue.
'Inter' means between and 'haematoma' is bleeding so an intermuscular haematoma is bleeding between muscles.
The International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) is a professional scientific and medical society.
Inside the joint cavity.
'Intra' ='within' and 'articular' ='the joint', so if something is intraarticular it means that it is within the cavity of the joint.
'Intra' -'within' and 'haematoma'='a confined lump of blood', so an intramuscular haematoma is bleeding within the muscle tissues.
An isokinetic machine is both an exercise device and a measuring device, that uses the principles of isokinetics.
Isokinetics is a form of exercise and muscle testing using an isokinetic machine - where the resistance of the machine changes so that the person exercises at a constant speed.
Abbreviation of 'iliotibial band'.
Abbreviation of 'iliotibial band syndrome'.
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