Since the knee is the largest and most complex joint in the body, it makes sense that it might hurt sometimes. Although knee pain is a common complaint, it is less common behind the knee. Pain in the back of the knee is called posterior knee pain, and it can have a variety of cause...
The Official Baseball Rules define the strike zone as "that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the kneecap." In prac...
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This question ties into how elephants maintain “stability” (a fraught term in science). Stability is clearly of great importance to giant land animals following “the bigger you are, the harder you fall” principle. Compared to walking with vision, blindfolded elephants were able to keep the ...
Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut is a peach. This thriller film follows a woman who finds herself courted by a rich and famous man, and whisked off to a remote luxury island. But behind the haze of booze and good times, is there something much darker going on? Channing Tatum stars as...
But while ITBS causes focal pain on the side of the knee, PFPS is all about more diffuse pain on the front of the knee — so much so that it is also often called “anterior knee pain.” Front or side? The epicentre of iliotibial band pain is always on the outside of the knee. ...
larger players and advanced defenses. Maybe add a few feet to the sideline—“and why not behind the backboard, while you’re at it?” he says. In the end, he dismisses this as a near impossibility, because of the revenue lost from reducing courtside seating. Or what about, he suggests...
Luxating patella is the medical term to describe a kneecap slipping in and out of its joint because the top of the thigh bone is not properly formed. This can cause lameness and arthritis, and might ultimately require surgery to fix. ...
Symptoms of knee tendonitis include: Pain above or below the kneecap Tenderness behind the lower part of your kneecap Pain that occurs with specific activities and stops with rest Swelling, may be accompanied by heat or redness Chronic painin severe cases, in spite of resting the joint ...
Otherwise, the kneecap project (i.e. Leverhulme grant) has ended and staff/students have moved on (but published all their papers on it– well done, Sophie, Kyle and Viv!!), so it will fall quiet on that topic for a while.