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New Ligament Discovered In the Human Knee
sciencedaily ^
| Nov. 5, 2013
Posted on 11/06/2013 9:23:18 AM PST by JoeProBono
Two knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a previously unknown ligament in the human knee. This ligament appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears. Despite a successful ACL repair surgery and rehabilitation, some patients with ACL-repaired knees continue to experience so-called 'pivot shift', or episodes where the knee 'gives way' during activity.
For the last four years, orthopedic surgeons Dr Steven Claes and Professor Dr Johan Bellemans have been conducting research into serious ACL injuries in an effort to find out why. Their starting point: an 1879 article by a French surgeon that postulated the existence of an additional ligament located on the anterior of the human knee. That postulation turned out to be correct:
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: knee; knees; ligament
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To: Revolting cat!
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11/06/2013 10:13:26 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:14:20 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: listenhillary
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:17:26 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: JoeProBono
All I want to know is, this pre-existing, undiscovered ligament covered by obamacabre?
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:19:19 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:24:14 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: freebilly
good questions
there are knee experts who do little else
You’d think they would have noticed that before
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:27:41 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: al baby
didn’t need that pic either
an outline drawing would have been just fine
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:28:22 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:31:06 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: GeronL
Apparently the ones who worked on Adrian Peterson knew about it.
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:31:46 AM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: TurboZamboni
dang them to heck too!
lol
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:32:57 AM PST
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GeronL
To: GeronL
an outline drawing would have been just fineHaving just sprained my knee on Monday, I didn't need to see it either. Need a couple of days to decide if it's bad enough to risk medical attention.
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:33:57 AM PST
by
Stentor
To: Shamrock498
Picture it through a short incision, with fluid everywhere, and all the rest of the ligaments there (illustration omitted much).
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:34:23 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
11/06/2013 10:38:12 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Stentor
My left knee is bad, very recently, I can’t afford to see a doctor.
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11/06/2013 10:52:27 AM PST
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GeronL
To: JoeProBono
I’m having knee replacement surgery Dec. 10th. Wonder if my doctor knows about this? I’m asking him, that’s for sure.
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11/06/2013 11:00:08 AM PST
by
jch10
(Shouting from the rooftop, "OBAMA LIED!!")
To: knarf
And thus, a new surgery to be performed on players in the NFL
To: GeronL
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posted on
11/06/2013 11:13:02 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/06/2013 11:15:16 AM PST
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: JoeProBono
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11/06/2013 11:21:33 AM PST
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GeronL
To: GeronL
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11/06/2013 11:24:10 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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