Chapter 20: The Knee and Related Structures © 2011 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights • Complex joint that endures great amounts of trauma due to extreme amounts of stress that are regularly applied • Hinge joint w/ a rotational component • Stability is due primarily to ligaments‚ joint capsule and muscles surrounding the joint • Designed for stability w/ weight bearing and mobility in locomotion © 2011 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights Figure 20-1 © 2011 McGraw-Hill Higher Education
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury HPE 101 February 22‚ 2010 The anterior cruciate ligament‚ or ACL‚ is one of four major knee ligaments. The ACL is critical to knee stability‚ and people who injure their ACL often complain of symptoms of their knee giving-out from under them. Therefore‚ many patients who sustain an ACL tear opt to have surgical treatment of this injury. An ACL tear is most often a sports-related injury. ACL tears can also occur during rough play‚ mover vehicle collisions‚
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3.7 Quiz 2 1. When performing a squat‚ mention 3 key issues that should require attention. Answers: Squat depth‚ Foot placement‚ Bar position‚ neutral spine‚ torso angle‚ knee angle‚ head position 2. Describe how you would modify the standard back squat to maximize glute activation. Answer: Increase squat depth below 90degrees 4 Biomechanical aspects of the deadlift The deadlift (DL) is a multi-joint resistance exercise that is performed in a variety of training settings. Deadlifting is also
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of the medical condition Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction The Anterior Cruciate Ligament The knee is the most complex joint in the body and its function is to provide stability in the human body. Primarily‚ the knees rely on its inert structures such as the ligaments‚ meniscus and capsule to maintain its own stability. There are many ligaments that reinforce the knee and one of it is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). The ACL is one of the two cruciate ligaments that the knees
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Functional Movement Screen (for all tests if pain score is 0) Deep Squat * Purpose * Assesses bilateral‚ symmetrical‚ and functional mobility of the hips‚ knees‚ and ankles. * Dowel held overhead assesses bilateral‚ symmetrical functional mobility of the shoulders as well as the thoracic spine. * Description * Athlete places feet slightly farther than shoulder width and places hands on the dowel to form a 90o angle at elbows overhead. * Athlete presses the
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Diagnosis: Possible torn meniscus of the left knee. Discharge Diagnosis: Left Knee meniscectomy. Procedures: Laparoscopic Surgery to the Left Knee. CONSULTATION Date of Consultation: 7/8/20XX This is a 47-year old male who was in his usual state of health until today. He entered the Emergency Room with severe pain to his left knee and equal amount of edema within the patellar area. This occurred after the patient fell at an angle on the left knee during a game of football with friends. The
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left knee. Discharge Diagnosis: Left Knee meniscectomy. Procedures: Laparoscopic Surgery to the Left Knee. CONSULTATION Date of Consultation: 7/8/20XX This is a 47-year-old male who was in his usual state of health until today entered the Emergency Room with severe pain to his left knee and equal amount of edema within the patellar area. This occurred after the patient fell at an angle on the left knee during a game of football with friends. The patient was evaluated with L-Knee Radiograph
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Basketball is a game of profound athletic contrasts. There are graceful‚ even elegant‚ movements that appear to defy gravity‚ that occur in a larger context of physical contact between large‚ powerful athletes. Impact will often occur between players with little warning and at full speed‚ with the athletes’ bodies contorted in different angles at the point of impact. The nature of these athletic movements creates a wide variety of forces upon the basketball player’s body‚ which in turn creates an
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for him to be a contender. Future Hall of Fame Minnesota Vikings’ running back rewrote medical textbooks‚ anatomical knowledge and clinical reason during the comeback season of his reconstructive surgery after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee last December. The story about Adrian Peterson is impossible to put into words‚ just because how unbelievable the story continues to grow week after week. Saying “superhuman” or “animal” do not even come close to touching this. To understand a better
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injury when he lost footing and his left foot got caught and he twisted his knee. Per OMNI entry‚ he was initially diagnosed with left knee internal derangement. He is status post left knee arthroscopic surgery with chondral debridement‚ partial mereial mebsisccetomy and resection of anterior plica on 04/29/16. Per the IME performed on 09/01/16‚ the patient underwent a second arthroscopic procedure as related to the left knee in 06/2016. The claimant subsequently underwent approximately 30 sessions
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