articular cartilage damages and avulsion of ligaments and tendons. Treatment of knee injuries has to be based on severity of signs and symptoms and exact pathology. Even though the endeavour of all ...

It might lessen chronic inflammation and can strengthen and stretch the complex collection of muscles, ligaments, and tendons that move the knee joint. Movement keeps your cartilage healthy ...

For years, it was believed that a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament — the band of dense connective tissue inside the knee ...

When your doctor removes your torn ACL, they put a tendon in its place. (Tendons connect muscle to bone.) The goal is to get your knee stable again and give it the full range of motion it had ...

A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of quadriceps tendon autograft in arthroscopic knee ligament reconstruction. The quadriceps tendon autograft ...

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT The patellar tendon connects the kneecap (the patella) to the shinbone. This is part of ...

The fabella is found in some people buried in the tendon just behind their knee. Doctors think it is entirely pointless, and you can happily live without it - many people do. However, people who ...