For example, knee ligaments connect your thighbone to your shinbone, forming a joint, which lets you walk and run. A sprain is a stretch or tear of a ligament. The ones most likely to get injured ...

The patellar tendon transmits the force of the thigh muscle to the lower leg and is thus responsible for extension and ...

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 ...

Much of the conversation surrounding fitness and health focuses on muscles and organs, but what have you done lately to support your tendons, ligaments ... help prevent knee and joint pain.

ACL surgery is a procedure that doctors use to replace a torn ligament in your knee. The ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is a band of tissue inside your knee. It gets damaged when it stretches or ...

Despite the current advances, our understanding of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury and treatment continues to lag behind that of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL ... The classic mechanism ...

Merete Juhl Koenig, The Parker Institute, Frederiksberg Hospital, Nordre Fasanvej 57, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark; merete.koenig{at}frh.regionh.dk Background Anterior knee tendon problems are ...