Medial compartment OA is most often associated with a varus deformity of the tibia; therefore, high tibial osteotomy is the technique most often performed around the knee. OA of the lateral ...

I’ m a 53- year-old woman, and I’ ve been athletic all my life. I’ m in a soccer league and have a grinding pain in my right knee. I’ ve had knee injuries in the past, and now I’ m told I might need a ...

The approach to thigh compartments may be medial or lateral depending on the area of injury or suspected hematoma. The leg should be prepared from the iliac crest to the knee joint. For lateral ...

Andrew J Metcalfe; Maria LE Andersson; Rhian Goodfellow; Carina A Thorstensson In order to determine which compartment was most affected, measures of joint space width were taken from the medial ...

The menisci are two largely aneural crescent shaped discs of fibrocartilage, which sit within the lateral and medial compartments of the knee joint. They evenly transfer load across the joint, absorb ...

ubc.ca Objectives The effect of shoe-worn insoles on biomechanical variables in people with medial knee osteoarthritis has been studied extensively. The majority of research has focused specifically ...