locking of the knee
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Etiology
- locking (knee getting caught in specific positions)
- pseudolocking (feels like it catches, but does not lock)
Management
- physical therapy
- arthroscopic partial meniscectomy of no benefit[2]
More general terms
Additional terms
- knee pain
- lateral meniscus (meniscus lateralis)
- medial meniscus (meniscus medialis, faliciform cartilage)
- osteoarthritis (OA)
- osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)
- patella (kneecap)
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sihvonen R et al. Mechanical symptoms and arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in patients with degenerative meniscus tear: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2016 Feb 9; PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26856620
Katz JN, Jones MH. Treatment of meniscal tear: The more we learn, the less we know. Ann Intern Med 2016 Feb 9; PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26856759