Knee

Knee Pain, Pediatric Knee pain in children and adolescents is common. It can be caused by many things, including: Growing. Using the knee too much (overuse). A tear or stretch in the tissues that support the knee. A bruise. A hip problem. A tumor. A joint infection. A kneecap conditions common in children, such as Osgood-Schlatter disease, patella-femoral syndrome, or Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome. Muscular irritation or strain in the legs. Knee…

was conducted for the purpose of knowing more. At the time of this study’s beginning, there was very limited collected knowledge about the perspectives of the patients when it comes to the topic of Total Knee Replacements. The subject has conjured various sentiments and emotions among chronic knee pain sufferers, their families, friends and the public in general. Most of these sentiments were fear, anxiety, denial, loss, limitation and doom. This in turn has resulted in a negative view of the…

Crutches and a brace are used during this time and depending on who performed the repair the brace and crutches may be removed. First 3-5 days the lower extremity (LE) will be immobilized on a rigid brace with knee flexed in 30°- 45°. As a patient you are told to avoid extension of the knee while hip is in flexion. You will be walking with the crutches as early as 24 – 48 hours after the surgery with toe touch (5%) which will continue for 2 weeks. During week 3&4 weight bearing should be…

today with his mother to establish care. They recently relocated to the area from Cane. Simon has been complaining of some bilateral, though left greater than right, knee pain. HPI The patient has had knee pain on and off now for at least several months. They did have this evaluated with his prior doctor. Reportedly a left knee x-ray was done. It was normal. The doctor there recommended that they just monitor it. He has the pain only when he runs and mom reports that he has even given…

One of the biggest issues I have dealt with was my knee injury nearly three years ago. From a young age, I have been involved in volleyball. I first began playing rec volleyball which kept me active and didn’t take up a lot of extra time. Then when I got to high school, volleyball began to take up more and more of my time. For nearly two years I participated in volleyball year-round and was becoming a good all-around player, and my coaches were starting to recognize that. But this all changed…

making them a higher risk for a ACL injury or minor knee injury than an average young adult. After the knee injury these young athletes need to go through some kind of rehab to get back on the field and to their everyday life activities. During the time of rehab they will take assessments to note there progress. The assessments usually include the range of knee motion and flexibility at first which well count as there pre assessment. After the post knee surgery the 1-3 weeks there range of…

In the United States, it is most common that intra-articular knee injury involves meniscal lesions which are present in most of surgical procedures performed by orthopedic surgeons [21,22]. Compared to women, men are more prone to such injuries, the incidence ratio of which is between 2.5:1 and 4:1 for a male to female. At 20-29 years of age, the overall incidence reaches the maximum for both sexes [23-25]. Injuries due to sport activities (football, basketball, soccer, baseball, and skiing in…

DOI: 5/28/2013. Patient is a 54-year-old female apparel processor who sustained a left knee injury when she was going upstairs and her knee popped causing sharp pain. As per Omni, the patient was diagnosed with left knee patellar chondromalacia, medial synovial plica and torn medial meniscus. Patient is status post left knee arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy, patella chondroplasty, medial femoral condyle chondroplasty and excision of synovial medial plica in 10/18/2013. IW was deemed P &…

Total knee replacement is also known as total knee arthroplasty (Scott, 2015). The reasons for having this arthroplasty (reconstruction of a joint) done include severe knee pain, and stiffness that limits the patient’s ability to walk (Phillips, 2013; Scott, 2015). This procedure relieves pain and helps the patient regain function of the knee by replacing three knee joints, the medial and lateral femorotibial joints, and the patellofemoral joint (Scott, 2015). When the patient is supine, the…

The knee-jerk reflex is considered a stretch reflex and is often used by physicians to test how the nervous system is functioning. The knee-jerk reflex is tested by tapping the patellar tendon with the base of a rubber hammer. This results in the leg and foot extending upward in healthy individuals. The reflex is a response to the change in shape of the patellar tendon and quadriceps muscle. It does so to prevent damage to the muscle and ultimately the maintain homeostasis. There are a series…