Overview

This book provides a concise and accessible resource for evaluating, diagnosing, and managing common knee disorders. The chapters are presented in a clear, and easily understood style so that practitioners can readily apply the information in their day-to-day clinical practice.   The Knee Made Easy opens with discussion of the anatomy, biomechanics, clinical examination and radiological imaging of the knee, followed by commonly encountered clinical symptoms and conditions of the knee. Each clinical condition is demonstrated with the background, presentation, investigations, and treatment options.     Medical students, generalist doctors, junior orthopaedic doctors, and physiotherapists will find this book to be an essential go-to guide for effectively treating the most common knee disorders and improving patients' care.

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Author:   Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2022 ed.
Weight:   1.829kg
ISBN:  

9783030545055

ISBN 10:   3030545059
Pages:   898
Publication Date:   27 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Knee clinical anatomy.- Knee Biomechanics – tibiofemoral articulation.- Knee Biomechanics – patellofemoral articulation.- Clinical history for knee conditions.- Clinical Examination of the knee.- Investigations for knee disorders.- Challenges in managing knee disorders.- Surgical interventions for knee disorders.- External devices for disorders of the knee.- Knee injection and needling therapy.- Knee physiotherapy – a surgeon’s perspective.- Knee pain.- Knee stiffness.- Knee locking.- Knee instability.- Knee weakness.- Knee paraesthesia.- Knee Noise.- Knee Swellings.- Knee Tendon disease.- Quadriceps tendinopathy.- Patellar tendon tendinopathy.- Hamstring tendon tendinopathy.- Calcific tendinopathy/ligamentopathy.- Iliotibial band syndrome.- Quadriceps tears.- Patellar tendon tears.- Tibial tubercle apophysitis.- Fabella pain syndrome.- Knee tendon snapping syndrome.- Knee intraarticular snapping syndrome.- Meniscal tears.- Discoid meniscus syndrome.- Parameniscal cysts.- Meniscal deficiency knee syndrome.- Medial plica syndrome.- Suprapatellar plica syndrome.- Infrapatellar plica syndrome.- Patellofemoral pain syndrome.- Infrapatellar fat pad dysfunction.- Prefemoral fat pad dysfunction.- Patellar tendon lateral femoral condyle friction syndrome.- Bipartite/tripartite patella pain syndrome.- Knee bursal dysfunction.- Osteonecrosis of the Knee.- Chondral disruption of the knee.- Osteochondritis dissecans of the knee.- Knee arthritis.- Painful knee replacement arthroplasty.- Instability in knee replacement arthroplasty.- Synovial chondromatosis of the knee.- Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee.- Proximal tibiofibular joint arthropathy.- Anterior cruciate ligament knee instability.- Posterior cruciate ligament knee instability.- Medial collateral ligament knee instability.- Posterolateral corner ligament knee instability.- Multiligament knee instability.- Patellofemoral instability.- Proximal tibiofibular joint instability.- Knee hyperextension-recurvatum.- Post-traumatic knee stiffness.- Common peroneal nerve dysfunction.- Superficial peroneal nerve dysfunction.- Deep peroneal nerve dysfunction.- Tibial nerve dysfunction.- Saphenous nerve dysfunction.- Infrapatellar nerve dysfunction.- Sciatic nerve dysfunction.- Myofascial trigger points of the knee.

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Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous BSc, MBChB, MSc, MD, FRCS (Tr &Orth)   Bambos (short name for Charalambos) studied Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK and did his postgraduate Surgical and Orthopaedic training in the North West of England.     Bambos is currently a Consultant Surgeon in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and has a special interest in disorders of the Knee and Shoulder.     Bambos is an Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire. Bambos has a keen interest in Medical Education and is an enthusiast in Research, having extensively published in his areas of interest.     Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics Blackpool Victoria Hospital Blackpool   School of Medicine  University of Central Lancashire Preston United Kingdom

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