Essential knee terminology
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- Haemangioma search for term
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A kind & of blood vessel tumour formed by the overgrowth of blood vessel lining cells.
- Haemarthrosis search for term
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Haemarthrosis is bleeding into a joint (haem' means blood and 'arthrosis' means joint).
- Haematoma search for term
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A haematoma is a collection or pooling of blood in an area of the body, creating a lump.
- Haemopoietic stem cells search for term
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Stem cells capable of differentiating into the various cells of the blood.
- Hamstring search for term
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One of the three muscles at the back of the thigh - semitendinosus, semimembranosus, biceps femoris - which help to bend the knee.
- Hamstring graft search for term
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A ligament graft using a hamstrings tendon.
- Hamstrings search for term
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The 'hamstrings' or 'hamstrings muscles' are the muscles at the back of the thigh - semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris.
- Hamstrings autograft search for term
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A hamstrings autograft is when the hamstrings tendon (semitendinosus) is surgically removed for use as a graft in the same person.
- Hamstrings exercises search for term
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Exercises to strengthen the hamstrings muscles at the back of the knee.
- Hamstrings graft search for term
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A hamstrings graft is a ligament transplant using one of the hamstrings tendons from the back of the knee - the semi-tendinosus - often together with another muscle, the gracilis (which is itself not actually a hamstring).
- Hamstrings graft harvest search for term
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A hamstrings graft harvest is a surgical operation to remove a hamstrings tendon from the inner aspect of the thigh, for use in a graft procedure.
- Hamstrings harvest search for term
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A hamstrings harvest is the stripping out of a hamstrings tendon for use in a graft procedure.
- Hamstrings injury search for term
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An injury to the hamstrings muscles or tendons.
- Hamstrings stretch search for term
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A hamstrings stretch is a stretch of tight hamstrings muscles at the back of the thigh.
- Harpoon search for term
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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.
- Hauser procedure search for term
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The Hauser procedure used to be performed for recurrent dislocation of the patella.
- Health Professions Council search for term
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The Health Professions Council (HPC) is an independent, UK-wide health regulator for thirteen different professions including physiotherapy.
- Heel slides search for term
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Heel slides are knee rehabilitation exercises to improve early range of motion and decrease swelling.
- Heel slides (facilitated) search for term
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A rehabilitation exercise.
- Hemarthrosis search for term
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American spelling of haemarthrosis.
- Hematoma search for term
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American spelling of haematoma.
- Hemicallotasis search for term
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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.
- hESC search for term
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Human embryonic stem cell - a stem cell derived from a human embryo.
- Heterotopic ossification search for term
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Heterotopic ossification is a condition where bone forms in places where it should not form, usually in soft tissue.
- High tibial osteotomy search for term
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High tibial osteotomy is a surgical procedure where the bone of the upper tibia is cut and re-angled to change the limb alignment.
- Hip abduction search for term
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Hip abduction is a knee rehabilitation exercise to improve range of motion of the hip and to strengthen the hip abductor muscles.
- Hip adduction search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- Hip extensions search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- Hip external rotation search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- Hip external rotation & abduction search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- Hip flexion & adduction search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- Hip flexions search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- HIV search for term
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Abbreviation of 'human immunodeficiency virus'.
- HO search for term
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Abbreviation of 'heterotopic ossification'.
- Hoffa fracture search for term
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Hoffa fracture is a type of break in the femur bone (thighbone) across the top of the rounded condyle at the lower end, and is characterised by an associated fracture component in the coronal plane.
- Hoffa's disease search for term
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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 search for term
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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.
- Hoffa's syndrome search for term
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The same thing as Hoffa's disease.
- Hoffa's test search for term
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Hoffa's test is a clinical test for a damaged or irritated infrapatellar (Hoffa) fat pad in the area behind the patellar tendon.
- Hopping search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- Horizontal cleavage tear search for term
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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.
- Housemaid's knee search for term
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Housemaid's knee is an inflammation of the bursa in front of the kneecap.
- HPC search for term
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Abbreviation of 'Health Professions Council'.
- HSC search for term
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Haemopoietic stem cell - capable of developing into various blood cells.
- HTO search for term
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Abbreviation of 'high tibial osteotomy'.
- Human immunodeficiency virus search for term
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus which causes AIDS.
- Human platelet lysate search for term
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Human platelet lysate is a blood extract that causes platelets to break down, releasing a large quantity of growth factors necessary for growing cells in the laboratory.
- Hyaline cartilage search for term
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The same thing as 'articular cartilage'.
- Hyaluronic acid search for term
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Hyaluronic acid is a lubricating substance commonly used for knee injections in patients with knee arthritis.
- Hydrogel search for term
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Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) cross-linked networks that swell in water and can be used as a scaffold for seeding cells and growth factors into cartilage defects.
- Hyperextension search for term
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Hyperextension is when the knee can bend a bit backwards.
- Hyperextension injury search for term
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Injury from excessive hyperextension (knee bending backwards).
- Hypermobility search for term
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Hypermobility means that the joints are unusually mobile.
- Hypermobility syndrome search for term
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A hypermobility syndrome is a group of symptoms and signs tending to occur together and in which the joints are unusually mobile.
- Hypertrophic search for term
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'Hyper' means 'too much'. 'Trophy' means 'growth'. The word hypertrophy means excessive growth.
- Hypertrophy search for term
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'Hyper' means 'too much'. 'Trophy' means 'growth'. The word hypertrophy means excessive growth.
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