The Knee Made Easy

1. Introduction
2. Knee Clinical Anatomy
3. Knee Biomechanics: Tibiofemoral Articulation
4. Knee Biomechanics—Patellofemoral Articulation
5. Clinical History for Knee Conditions
6. Clinical Examination of the Knee
7. Investigations for Knee Disorders
8. Challenges in Managing Knee Disorders
9. Surgical Interventions for Knee Disorders
10. External Devices for Disorders of the Knee
11. Knee Injection and Needling Therapy
12. Knee Physiotherapy: A Surgeon’s Perspective
13. Knee Pain
14. Knee Stiffness
15. Knee Locking
16. Knee Instability
17. Knee Weakness
18. Knee Paraesthesia
19. Knee Noise
20. Knee Swellings
21. Knee Tendon Disease
22. Quadriceps Tendinopathy
23. Patellar Tendon Tendinopathy
24. Hamstring Tendon Tendinopathy
25. Calcific Tendinopathy/Ligamentopathy
26. Iliotibial Band Syndrome
27. Quadriceps Tears
28. Patellar Tendon Tears
29. Tibial Tubercle Apophysitis
30. Fabella Pain Syndrome
31. Knee Tendon Snapping Syndrome
32. Knee Intra-articular Snapping Syndrome
33. Meniscal Tears
34. Discoid Meniscus Syndrome
35. Parameniscal Cysts
36. Meniscal Deficiency Knee Syndrome
37. Medial Plica Syndrome
38. Suprapatellar Plica Syndrome
39. Infrapatellar Plica Syndrome
40. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
41. Infrapatellar Fat Pad Dysfunction
42. Suprapatellar Fat Pad Dysfunction
43. Prefemoral Fat Pad Dysfunction
44. Patellar Tendon Lateral Femoral Condyle Friction Syndrome
45. Bipartite/Tripartite Patella Pain Syndrome
46. Knee Bursal Dysfunction
47. Osteonecrosis of the Knee
48. Chondral Disruption of the Knee
49. Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
50. Knee Arthritis
51. Painful Knee Replacement Arthroplasty
52. Instability in Knee Replacement Arthroplasty
53. Synovial Chondromatosis of the Knee
54. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Knee
55. Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Arthropathy
56. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Knee Instability
57. Posterior Cruciate Ligament Knee Instability
58. Medial Collateral Ligament Knee Instability
59. Posterolateral Corner Ligament Knee Instability
60. Multiligament Knee Instability
61. Patellofemoral Instability
62. Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Instability
63. Knee Hyperextension: Recurvatum
64. Post-Traumatic Knee Stiffness
65. Common Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction
66. Superficial Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction
67. Deep Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction
68. Tibial Nerve Dysfunction
69. Saphenous Nerve Dysfunction
70. Infrapatellar Nerve Dysfunction
71. Sciatic Nerve Dysfunction
72. Myofascial Trigger Points of the Knee

This book provides a concise and accessible resource for evaluating, diagnosing, and managing common knee disorders. The chapters are presented in a clear, and easily understood style so that practitioners can readily apply the information in their day-to-day clinical practice.   The Knee Made Easy opens with discussion of the anatomy, biomechanics, clinical examination and radiological imaging of the knee, followed by commonly encountered clinical symptoms and conditions of the knee. Each clinical condition is demonstrated with the background, presentation, investigations, and treatment options.     Medical students, generalist doctors, junior orthopaedic doctors, and physiotherapists will find this book to be an essential go-to guide for effectively treating the most common knee disorders and improving patients' care.