Medically reviewed by Laura Campedelli, DPT Types of meniscus tears include radial, horizontal, flap, complex, and ...

The majority of meniscal tears affect the medial meniscus and tend to involve the ... There it may become trapped, causing pain by traction at the meniscocapsular junction. It may be responsible ...

A previously well 30 year old man presented with a short history of intra-articular mechanical locking, swelling, and anteromedial joint line pain. There was localised ... of the anterior horn of the ...

A meniscus tear is one of the most common knee injuries, and it’s known for causing significant pain, swelling ... one on the inside of your knee joint (medial) and one on the outside (lateral).

The lateral meniscus is on the outside, and the medial meniscus ... of the meniscus. Pain, swelling and mechanical symptoms like catching or locking in the knee joint are often symptoms of a ...

I sat there in the surgeon's office, hoping for relief from my unstable knee, only to suddenly picture ... that surgery for a root tear of the medial meniscus hasn’t consistently led to ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD A knee examination is usually the first step in determining the cause of knee pain.

An expert panel produced these recommendations based on a linked systematic review triggered by a randomised trial published in The BMJ in June 2016, which found that, among patients with a ...

In: Insall JN, ed. Surgery of the Knee. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 1984:62, Figure 4.5. The Steinman test produces joint line pain when the tibia is rotated internally and externally ...