KINESIOL 3K03 Lecture Notes - Cruciate Ligament, Medial Meniscus, Biceps Femoris Muscle

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KINESIOL 3K03
• Professor: Krista M Baker

Document Summary

Injury by contact with someone against your leg or just by planting and pivoting. Knee injuries take place in multiple planes, rarely see just one plane. History: the sense of pop sounds due to acl (2nd, 3rd degree) Clue for ligament damage (acl + pcl: it felt like my knee shifted ; b/w tibia and patella. Clue for ligament damage (acl + pcl: pain: variable magnitude + location. Normally you feel pain after inflammation builds up. Menisci don"t have nerve endings to make you feel pain: wb: variable. Difficult to identify where pain is coming from. Can"t flex/extend, rotate something"s blocking movement. (can be torn meniscus) Collateral ligaments are outside of knee (superficial), therefore not associated with locked knee. Cruciate and meniscal damage associated with locked knee. Isolated low level injury will not swell much (a little in medial side of knee). Timing; delayed onset usually (12-24 hours after injury)