Essential knee terminology
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- RA search for term
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Abbreviation of 'rheumatoid arthritis'.
- Radial tear search for term
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A radial tear of the meniscus cuts across the main fibres of the meniscus, from the inner rim to the outer rim.
- Ramp lesion search for term
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A ramp lesion is a tear of the peripheral attachment of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus at the meniscocapsular junction.
- Range of motion search for term
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Range of motion (ROM) of the knee is the range in degrees through which the knee can bend and straighten (flex and extend).
- Realignment osteotomy search for term
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A realignment osteotomy realigns the long bones where they are abnormally bowed or knocked to improve the distribution of forces through the joint.
- Recipient search for term
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A 'recipient' receives a transplant from a 'donor', or a 'recipient' area receives a transplant from a 'donor' area.
- Rectus femoris search for term
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The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four heads of the quadriceps muscle.
- Recurvatum search for term
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Recurvatum means that the knee inclines backwards when weight is taken on the leg.
- Reefing search for term
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Surgical tightening of the tissues on the medial aspect of the patella.
- Referred pain search for term
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Referred pain is pain that is experienced in one part of the body but which is really arising from a different part.
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy search for term
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This is a disorder characterised by distressing pain, out of proportion to the condition giving rise to it.
- Regenerative medicine search for term
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Regenerative medicine involves non-surgical tissue augmentation via injection of cells and growth factors.
- Regenerative orthopaedics search for term
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Regenerative orthopaedics implies that damaged tissues within orthopaedics are encouraged to regenerate rather than using foreign materials to replace them.
- Regenerative Surgery search for term
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Regenerative surgical interventions, helping tissues to repairing tissues via biological means.
- Rehabilitation search for term
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Rehabilitation is the programme of exercises and stretches undertaken in order to return the knee to as full a function as possible.
- Reiter's Syndrome search for term
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Reiter's syndrome is arthritis that is triggered by an infection in another part of the body.
- Rejection search for term
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This term is used in relation to transplant surgery, when the body attacks and damages the transplant.
- Remodelling search for term
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The process where a bone or tissue re-shapes itself.
- Resisted extensions search for term
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A knee rehabilitation exercise.
- Resurfacing search for term
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Resurfacing is replacing a part of the joint with a metal or metal/plastic implant.
- Revascularisation search for term
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The process of new blood vessels growing into a tissue.
- Reverse pivot shift search for term
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The reverse pivot shift test assesses posterolateral rotation of the knee, and indirectly the integrity of the structures of the posterolateral corner, including the posterior cruciate ligament.
- Revision search for term
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This term is used when a surgical procedure has to be re-done because of complications.
- Revision arthroplasty search for term
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Revision arthroplasty is a procedure to revise or replace a previous knee replacement.
- Rheumatoid arthritis search for term
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An immune disorder, where the body attacks its own tissues causing joint swelling, inflammation and destruction largely affecting the small joints (eg base of fingers).
- Rheumatologist search for term
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A doctor specialising in rheumatology.
- Rheumatology search for term
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Rheumatology is a specialism in medicine, and is the study of a group of related disorders characterised by multi-joint arthritis which appear to be triggered by the body's own immune system.
- RICE search for term
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A mnemonic for remembering the rehabilitation regime of Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
- Robotic knee surgery search for term
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A computer-assisted robotic system for performing knee replacements.
- ROM search for term
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Abbreviation of 'range of motion'.
- Rosenberg view search for term
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The Rosenberg view is an X-ray view which is sensitive in terms of looking for osteoarthritis of the tibio-femoral area.
- Rotational osteotomy search for term
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A surgical procedure to cut a twisted bone and re-align it to a more functional position.
- Rowing machine search for term
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Rehabilitation equipment that resembles a rowing boat.
- RSD search for term
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Abbreviation of 'reflex sympathetic dystrophy'.
- Runner's knee search for term
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The condition commonly referred to as 'runner's knee' is a painful condition on the outer side of the knee.
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