Knee

located deep in the middle of the knee. It is one for four vital ligaments that helps provide stability, proper coordination, and prevent the tibia from moving too far forward in relation to the femur and control the amount of tibia rotates. How players easily injury themselves is making a cut, land from a jump, or gets hit but the opposing player. The athlete will feel bucking or giving away sensation in the knee because the ACL major role is providing stability to the knee.…

muscle’s moment arm, thus the force can be generated by hip muscles is affected. These biomechanical disadvantages result in hyperlordotic posture and load increment at the intact limb. As the consequences, TFAs have a high risk of getting back pain and knee osteoarthritis at…

stabilize the knee (Ref). This ligament prevents the tibia from sliding from the front of the femur and runs diagonally in the middle of the knee (ref). It is estimated that 70 percent of these tears occur through non-contact, while the other 30 percent occur from direct contact, whether it be from an outside object or player in sports (ref). This injury may occur when an individual is decelerating immediately while sidestepping, which may cause an uncomfortable landing on the knee joint (ref).…

Blood supply depends on the capillary as one-third of the ring is avascular, also known as the part that can heal. The function of the meniscus is to load absorption and serve as a shock absorber when pressure is applied across the knee. If the meniscus was taken away, the knee would experience 50% more stress pressure. The second function of the meniscus is to stabilize the anterior cruciate ligament. The most common injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament are acute injuries to the medial…

Home » Health Useful Tips to Help You Recover From a Skiing Injury By Jamie Simpson Oct 28, 2011 Skiing is a wonderful winter sport; not only do you get a chance to get out in the fresh air and beautiful scenery, it's fantastic exercise. But unfortunately, skiing is commonly associated with injuries, especially to the knees. If you have been waylaid by a skiing injury, you can take charge of your treatment. Being proactive in your treatment will help you heal faster, getting you back on the…

The Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) is located in the knee behind the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). It is the strongest ligament in the knee and is important in knee stability. The two cruciate ligaments which cross each other to form an “X”, control the back and forth motion of your knee. A ligament is a tough, relatively inelastic band of tissue that connects one bone to another. As one of five ligaments in the knee, the PCL connects the femur to the tibia and prevents the tibia from…

strengthening or neuromuscular training and the effect on frontal plane knee kinematics and kinetics. Female athletes have a high risk of ACL injury. Athletes who are runners or play sports that involve running and jumping are at the highest risk for noncontact injuries. This is associated to the position of the knee during landing. Females typically land with a valgus force to the knee. This is a weak position for the knee and it cannot support the force and therefore, buckles and the ACL…

most important ligaments in the knee that give the knee the most stability which are shown in Figure 3. Although the patellar ligament aides the stability of the knee, it is not as strong as the rest of the structure. Lastly, the iliotibial band (IT band) runs along the outside of the leg from the hip to the knee. The purpose of this is to limit lateral movement along the knee (Scuderi & Tria, 2010). Stability is the most important function of the knee. To add to knee stability are the…

form you knee joint. There is your thighbone which is you femur, you shinbone which is your tibia, and you kneecap which is your patella. Articular cartilage covers the ends of the tibia and the fibula, also the back of the patella. Bones are connected through ligaments, our knees have four main ligaments. Two of the ligaments in our knee is the medial collateral ligament (MCL), this ligament prevents valgus (force from the outside of the knee, forcing the knee inward) stress to the knee and…

There are many different parts to the knee, 2 bones, tibia and femur, 2 groups of muscles, quadriceps, which straightens the leg and the hamstrings which flex the knee. The knee cap, or the patella, which is the largest sesamoid bone in the body, synovial membranes, joints, cartilage, tendons, 4 ligaments, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), medial cruciate ligament (MCL) and the lateral cruciate ligament (LCL). There are also sac like pouches called menisci…