In this digital animation, Bertram Zarins, MD, of the Massachussets General Hospital Sports Medicine Service, reviews the anatomy of the ligaments which provide stability for the knee. He provides ...
An improved understanding of the anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in recent years has generated a renewed interest in the evaluation of surgical techniques to repair the knee ligament.
1 Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Melbourne School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3 School ...
The human knee has more components than previously thought. Two Belgian knee surgeons have discovered a previously unknown ligament located in the muscles and tendons of the human knee – a part they ...
As Tiger Woods and Mariano Rivera can tell you, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can prove to be a frequent and devastating injury among athletes, professional and amateur alike. These ...
ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D. DEAR DOCTOR K: I've been having a lot of knee pain. Would you describe the anatomy of my knee so that I can understand more when I see my doctor about it? DEAR ...
Humans have been studying their own bodies for centuries, piecing together what all the parts are and how they work and interact, but apparently one tiny piece in the human knee has gone undiscovered ...
In studies on rats, scientists at Johns Hopkins have found new evidence that the predominance of the hormone testosterone in males may explain why women are up to 10 times more likely than men to ...