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• Hip examination — In medicine, the hip examination, or hip exam, is undertaken when a patient has a complaint of hip pain and/or signs and/or symptoms suggestive of hip joint pathology. It is a physical examination maneuver.The hip examination, like all… …   Wikipedia

• 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 pain — is a common complaint for many people. There are several factors that can cause knee pain. Awareness and knowledge of knee pain causes lead to faster diagnosis and treatment. Knee pain can be related to knee joint or around the knee. Contents 1… …   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

• Hip — For other uses of the term, see hip (disambiguation). Hip (anatomy) Bones of the hip Latin coxa Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Flexion — In anatomy, flexion is a position that is made possible by the joint angle decreasing. The skeletal (bones, cartilage, and ligaments) and muscular (muscles and tendons) systems work together to move the joint into a flexed position. For example… …   Wikipedia

• knee — /nee/, n., v., kneed, kneeing. n. 1. Anat. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg. See diag. under skeleton. 2.… …   Universalium

• Flexion — The process of bending or the state of being bent. Flexion of the fingers results in a clenched fist. * * * 1. The act of flexing or bending, e.g., bending of a joint so as to approximate the parts it connects; bending of the spine so that the… …   Medical dictionary

• Hip flexors — In human anatomy, the hip flexors are a group of skeletal muscles that act to flex the femur onto the lumbo pelvic complex, i.e. pull the knee upward .The hip flexors are considered to be the most important muscle in the running process.fact|date …   Wikipedia

• flexion — noun Etymology: Latin flexion , flexio, from flectere Date: 1615 1. the act of flexing or bending 2. a part bent ; bend 3. inflection 3 4. a. a bending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that decreases the angle between the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Dislocation of hip — Classification and external resources X ray showing a joint dislocation of the left hip. ICD 10 S …   Wikipedia