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March 08, 2004
Knee stuff
The main areas you can injure in your knee are the ligaments and cartilages. The common types of meniscal (cartilage) tears are:
bucket handle
anterior horn
posterior horn
If you've injured a ligament then you're unlikely to continue your task. A meniscal injury is more forgiving. One test for determining the meniscal tear is the McMurray test. This test results in a "click" or "pop" during the process. This confirms a meniscal tear. Another symptom is that your knee may lock (you can't extend the leg fully). The downside of performing a McMurray test is that this might result in an effusion (blood filling a cavity and thus causing pain).
For further analysis the doctor will perform an MRI to determine the nature of the tear. Then the doctor will consider an arthoscopy to remove the torn cartilage and remove the symptoms.
Posted at March 8, 2004 01:57 PM