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GENERAL KNEE INFO -
- KNEE ANATOMY
- anatomy intro
- bones from front (bent knee)
- bones from front (straight knee)
- bones from side
- bones from above
- patella
- capsule
- collateral ligaments
- cruciate ligaments
- medial plica
- meniscus from side
- meniscus from top
- muscles from front
- muscles from back
- posterolateral corner
- KNEE BASICS OVERVIEW
- knee basics intro
- swollen knee
- kneecap problems
- 'knee cartilage' problems
- ligament problems
- overuse problems
- joint surface problems
- symptoms
- type of injury
- nature of overuse injury
- no injury
- urgency
- knee words
- MENISCUS OVERVIEW
- Introduction to the knee meniscus
- Functional anatomy of the meniscus
- Factors affecting meniscal healing
- Meniscus terminology
- How the meniscus is injured
- Diagnosis of meniscus injury
- The importance of the position of meniscus tears
- Types of meniscus tear
- Meniscectomy
- Meniscus repair
- Meniscus replacemen
- Discoid meniscus
- Meniscal cyst
- CRUCIATE OVERVIEW
- What are the cruciate ligaments?
- What do the cruciate ligaments do?
- How does one tear the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)?
- How does one tear the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)?
- Early indicators of a cruciate tear
- What should you do if you think your cruciate is torn?
- Ongoing symptoms of a torn cruciate ligament
- Confirming the diagnosis of a torn ACL
- Confirming the diagnosis of a torn PCL
- Braces for knee instability
- Why do women get more cruciate tears than men?
- The problems of cruciate tears in children
- Torn cruciates - is reconstruction always necessary?
- Graft choice for cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Cruciate ligament rehabilitation
- Complications of cruciate reconstruction
- What is complex or multiligament instability?
- COLLATERAL OVERVIEW
- PATELLA OVERVIEW
- Quick guide to kneecap problems
- What's special about the kneecap?
- The patella - important anatomical relationships
- Why does everyone seem so vague about kneecap pain?
- What is chondromalacia?
- Patellar tilt, malalignment and maltracking - what's the difference?
- Getting to grips with the Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS)
- Patellofemoral subluxation
- Patellofemoral dislocation
- Surgical procedures to correct patellar alignment
- Proximal realignment procedures
- Distal realignment procedures
- Patella alta, and patellofemoral dysplasia
- Overuse syndromes affecting the patella
- Braces for the patella
- Cartilage damage of the patella
- Patellofemoral resurfacing
- What is the Plica Syndrome?
- The lateral retinaculum and lateral release
- Arthrofibrosis after patellar injury or surgery
- The problem of patella baja
- Fracture of the patella
- Consequences of a patellectomy
ARTHRITIS OVERVIEW
- Introduction to arthritis
- Types of arthritis
- The common arthritis pathway
- How knee arthritis progresses
- Arthritis cysts and spurs
- The concept of arthritis compartments
- Classifying the amount of cartilage damage
- Classifying the amount of cartilage damage
- Introduction to joint cartilage management
- Supplements for knee arthritis
- Knee arthritis and diet
- Knee arthritis and exercise
- Orthotics and aids for knee arthritis
- Joint injections for knee arthritis
- Surgical cartilage repair for knee arthritis
- Unloader braces
- Osteotomy
- Knee replacement
- Interpositional discs
- Partial knee replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Knee fusion
- Amputation
- Principles of rehab
- Immediate phase
- PRICE/RICE
- Wound assessment
- Wound care
- Splinting
- How to use ice
- Pain management
- Foot pumps
- Static Quads
- Early phase - in bed
- Principles
- CPM
- Icing
- Foot pumps
- Static quads
- Heel slides
- Facilitated heel slides
- Passive extension
- Short arc extensions
- Early phase - mobile
- Principles
- Weight-bearing
- Mini-squats
- Mini-stork
- Assisted flexion
- Assisted passive extension
- Step-ups
- Short arc extensions
- One-legged balance
- Tip toes
- Intermediate phase
- Principles
- Patellar mobilisations
- Lying wall slides
- Full quads stretch
- Hamstrings stretch
- Ilio-tibial band stretch
- Piriformis stretch
- Side-stepping
- Full-arc extensions
- Straight leg raises
- Standing wall slides
- Full squats (supported)
- Hip exercises
- Crunch
- Wobble board
- Late phase
- Specific protocols
KNEE REHABILITATION -
COMMUNITY HUB
KEYNOTES & COURSES
ARTHRITIS
ARTHROFIBROSIS
ARTHROSCOPY & ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY
FRACTURES
IMAGING
LIGAMENT INSTABILITY
MENISCUS
PAIN MANAGEMENT
PATELLA
PREVENTION
REHABILITATION
SOFT TISSUE PROBLEMS
DICTIONARY
- A
- AAOS
- Abrasion arthroplasty
- Achilles tendon
- ACI
- ACL
- ACT
- Adhesions
- AIR
- AKP
- Allograft
- Alta
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
- Analgesics
- Anatomy
- Aneural
- Angiogram
- Anterior
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Anterior drawer test
- Anterior horn
- Anterior interval
- Anterior interval arthrofibrosis
- Anterior interval release
- Anterior knee pain
- Antero-lateral
- Antero-medial
- Anteversion
- Anti-inflammatory
- AOSSM
- Arrow (meniscal)
- Arthritis
- Arthrofibrosis
- Arthrogram
- Arthroplasty
- Arthroscope
- Arthroscopic abrasion
- Arthroscopic debridement
- Arthroscopic lavage
- Arthroscopic meniscectomy
- Arthroscopic surgery
- Arthroscopy
- Articular cartilage
- Athletic trainer
- Atrophy
- Autograft
- Autologous chondrocyte implantation
- Autologous chondrocyte transplantation
- Avascular
- Avascular necrosis
- Avon partial knee replacement
- Avulsion fracture
- B
- C
- Cadaver
- Capsule
- Carticel
- Cartilage (joint cartilage)
- Cartilagenous
- Cartilages (knee cartilages)
- Cerclage wire
- Cho Pat strap
- Chondral
- Chondral defect
- Chondritis
- Chondrocyte
- Chondroitin
- Chondromalacia
- Chondroplasty
- Chondrosis
- Clergyman's knee
- Clinical
- Clinical sign
- Clinician
- Closing wedge osteotomy
- Coefficient of friction
- Collateral ligament
- Comminuted fracture
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Computerised tomography
- Congruence angle
- Continuous passive motion
- Cortisone injection
- Cortisone shots
- CPM machine
- Crabmeat cartilage
- Crepitus
- CRPS
- Cruciate ligament
- Cryotherapy
- CT scan
- Cybex
- Cycling knee problems
- Cyclops lesion
- Cyst
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- Haemarthrosis
- Haematoma
- Hamstrings
- Hamstrings graft
- Hamstrings stretch
- Hamstrings stretch
- Harpoon
- Hauser procedure
- Health Professions Council
- Hemarthrosis
- Hematoma
- Hemicallotasis
- High tibial osteotomy
- HIV
- Hoffa's disease
- Hoffa's sign
- Hoffa's syndrome
- Hoffa's test
- Housemaid's knee
- HPC
- HTO
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Hyaline cartilage
- Hyperextension
- Hyperextension injury
- Hypermobility
- Hypermobility syndrome
- Hypertrophic
- Hypertrophy
- I
- ICRS
- IKDC
- Iliotibial band
- Iliotibial band friction syndrome
- Iliotibial band syndrome
- Immune response
- Incision
- Inflammation
- Infrapatellar bursitis
- Infrapatellar contracture syndrome
- Instability
- Intermuscular haematoma
- International Cartilage Repair Society
- Intramuscular haematoma
- Isokinetic machine
- Isokinetics
- ITB
- ITBS
- J
- K
- Keyhole surgery
- Kin-Com isokinetic machine
- Knee cartilage
- Knee mouse
- Knee pain
- Knee surgeon
- Knee surgery
- Knock knees
- KOOS
- L
- Lachman test
- Lateral
- Lateral collateral ligament
- Lateral meniscus
- Lateral release
- Lateral retinaculum
- Lavage
- LCL
- Leg press
- Ligament
- Liparthritis traumatica genu
- LOA
- Locking
- Loose body
- Lysis of adhesions
- M
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Malalignment
- Maltracking
- Maquet procedure
- MCL
- Medial
- Medial collateral ligament
- Medial patello-femoral ligament
- Medial reefing
- Mediopatellar plica
- Membrane
- Meniscal allograft
- Meniscal arrow
- Meniscal cyst
- Meniscal transplant
- Meniscectomy
- Menisci
- Menisco-femoral ligament
- Meniscus
- Meniscus cartilage
- Microfracture
- Mini-incision knee arthroplasty
- Mini-incision knee replaacement
- Mosaicplasty
- Mouse
- MPFL
- MRI
- Mulberry knot
- Muscle stimulation
- Myositis ossificans
- N
- O
- OA
- OATS
- Occupational therapist
- OCD
- Oedema
- Oedematous
- Open chain exercise
- Opening-wedge osteotomy
- Orthopaedic
- Orthopaedic surgeon
- Orthotic
- Orthotist
- OS
- OSD
- Osgood Schlatter's disease
- Osgood Schlatter's disorder
- Ossicle
- Osteitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarticular transfer system
- Osteochondral defect
- Osteochondritis
- Osteochondritis dissecans
- Osteochondrosis
- Osteophyte
- Osteotomy
- OT
- P
- Pain score
- Partial knee replacement
- Patella
- Patella alta
- Patella baja
- Patella infera
- Patellae
- Patellar
- Patellar alignment
- Patellar fracture
- Patellar malalignment
- Patellar resurfacing
- Patellar tendinitis
- Patellar tendinopathy
- Patellar tendon
- Patellar tendon rupture
- Patellar tilt
- Patellar tilt test
- Patellectomy
- Patellofemoral
- Patellofemoral resurfacing
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- PCL
- PCP
- PE
- Pes anserine bursa
- Pes anserine bursitis
- Pes tendons
- PFS
- Physical therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Piriformis syndrome
- Pivot shift test
- PKR
- Placebo
- Plica
- Plica syndrome
- Polymer
- Popliteal cyst
- Popliteus tendinitis
- Popliteus tendon
- Popliteus tendonitis
- Portal
- Posterior
- Posterior cruciate ligament
- Posterior horn
- Postero-lateral
- Postero-medial
- Pre-patellar bursa
- Pre-patellar bursitis
- Pridie procedure
- Pridie rods
- Primary care physician
- Prodromal
- Prodrome
- Proprioception
- Proximal
- Proximal realignment
- Pseudo
- PT
- Pulmonary embolus
- PVNS
- Q
- Q-angle
- Quadriceps lag
- Quadriceps muscle
- Quadriceps tendinitis
- Quadriceps tendinopathy
- Quadriceps tendon
- Quads sets
- Quads tendon
- R
- RA
- Range of motion
- Recipient
- Rectus femoris
- Reefing
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Rejection
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rheumatologist
- Rheumatology
- ROM
- RSD
- S
- Semi-lunar cartilage
- Semitendinosus
- Shin bone
- Sign
- Single-photon-emission computed tomography
- Small-incision knee replacement
- SPECT
- Sports Therapist
- SPP
- Squats
- Stem cells
- Steroids
- Subchondral
- Subluxation
- Sulcus angle
- Superior
- Suprapatellar
- Suprapatellar bursa
- Suprapatellar plica
- Suprapatellar pouch
- Symptom
- Synovectomy
- Synovial fluid
- Synovial-joint
- Synovial plica
- Synovitis
- Synovium
- Synthetic
- Synthetic graft
- T
- TB
- Tendinitis
- Tendon
- Tendonitis
- Tenodesis
- Terminology
- Theraband
- Thermal shrinkage
- Thighbone
- Tibia
- Tibial plateau fracture
- Tibial tuberosity
- Tibial tuberosity transfer
- Tibial tunnel
- Tissue bank
- Tissue engineering
- TKA
- TKR
- Total knee arthroplasty
- Total knee replacement
- Tourniquet
- Transfix
- Transplant
- Trochlea
- Trochlear
- Trochlear dysplasia
- Trochlear groove
- TTT
- Tuberculosis
- U
- UKR
- Ultrasound
- Unhappy triad
- Unicompartmental arthroplasty
- Unicompartmental knee replacement
- Unispacer
- V
- Varus osteotomy
- Valgus osteotomy
- Varua
- Varus osteotomy
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus medialis obliquus
- VMO
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
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- Knee surgeons - South America
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KNEE CLINICS IN EUROPE
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