knee range of motion

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• Range of motion — The range through which a joint can be moved, usually its range of flexion and extension. Due to an injury, the knee may for example lack 10 degrees of full extension. * * * the range, measured in degrees of a circle, through which a joint can be …   Medical dictionary

• Knee replacement — Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty, is a common surgical procedure most often performed to relieve the pain and disability from degenerative arthritis, most commonly osteoarthritis, but other arthritides as well. [ cite… …   Wikipedia

• Knee osteoarthritis — is a degenerative disease of the knee joint. It is more common in people older than 40 years. Women have greater chance to be affected.[citation needed] Contents 1 Signs and symptoms 2 Causes 3 …   Wikipedia

• Knee — Infobox Anatomy Name = Knee joints Latin = articulatio genus GraySubject = 93 GrayPage = 339 Caption = Diagram of human knee |Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = femoral, obturator, sciatic Lymph = MeshName = Knee MeshNumber …   Wikipedia

• Knee examination — The knee examination, in medicine, is performed as part of a physical examination, or when a patient presents with knee pain or a history that suggests a pathology of the knee joint.The exam includes several parts: *position/lighting/draping… …   Wikipedia

• Knee cartilage replacement therapy — Articular cartilage, most notably that which is found in the knee joint, is generally characterized by very low friction, high wear resistance, and poor regenerative qualities. It is responsible for much of the compressive resistance and load… …   Wikipedia

• motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …   Universalium

• Motion, range of — The range through which a joint can be moved, usually its range of flexion and extension. Due to an injury, the knee may for example lack 10 degrees of full extension …   Medical dictionary

• motion — 1. A change of place or position. Cf.:movement (1). 2. SYN: defecation. 3. SYN: stool. [L. motio, movement, fr. moveo, pp. motus, to move] brownian m. SYN: brownian movement. [R. Brown, British botanist, 1773–1858] continuous passive m. ( …   Medical dictionary

• Continuous passive motion — A continuous passive motion machine for knee joint recovery Continuous passive motion (CPM) devices are used during the first phase of rehabilitation following a soft tissue surgical procedure or trauma. The goals of phase 1 rehabilitation are… …   Wikipedia

• Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty — is a surgical procedure used to relieve arthritis in one of the knee compartments in which the damaged parts of the knee are replaced. UKA surgery may reduce post operative pain and have a shorter recovery period than a total knee… …   Wikipedia