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Abstract
Knee injuries continue to be an increasingly common and highly visible problem that faces the sports medicine physician, as the knee joint is the most vulnerable pad of the body in most contact sports (football, handball, basketball, wrestling and judo.) and in high impact sports that require a lot of jumping and landing on hard surfaces (basketball, volleyball, and gymnastics)!’”.
The types of knee injuries vary greatly ranging from overuse symptoms to severe injuries of figments and joint surfaces. Serious damage to knee structures can increase the risk of secondary osteoanhritis and long term disability. Such severe knee injuries may requite changes in sports or work activities that place high functional demands on the knee..
During a study of sports injuries in handball warns, Seil (1998r found that the knee was the third joint in frequency to manifest overuse symptoms. However, it was the most commonly injured joint, followed by the finger, ankle, and shoulder. Knee injuries were the most severe injuries, and they were more frequent in high level players..
Knee disorders are the most common type of injury for both males and females in all sports!. In a retrospective study of injury patterns at two colleges, half of the injuries involved the lower extremity.