knee joint

Noun

Meaning

hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

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knee-joint

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If a government commission had worked on the horse, you would have the first horse that could operate its knee joint in both directions. The trouble is it couldn't have stood up. Peter Drucker

Automatic release is not required in snowboarding, as the rider's legs are fixed in a static position and twisting of the knee joint cannot occur to the same extent. Source: Internet

It is at this point that propulsion begins to occur as the hips undergo hip extension, the knee joint undergoes extension and the ankle undergoes plantar flexion. Source: Internet

Platzer (2004), p 250 Posteriorly below the knee joint, the popliteus stretches obliquely from the lateral femoral epicondyle down to the posterior surface of the tibia. Source: Internet

The biceps flexes the knee joint and rotates the flexed leg laterally — it is the only lateral rotator of the knee and thus has to oppose all medial rotator. Source: Internet

There was a famous “sham surgery” study done by Moseley et al. which showed that arthroscopic knee surgery was no more effective than placebo surgery (a small incision is made but no instruments enter the knee joint)! Source: Internet

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