Types of knee injuries & how they occur.

From: The Forensic Examiner | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Aslanian, Helen; Donohoe, Matthew; Solomon, Kenneth | Copyright information

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to distinguish the mechanism of knee injury (e.g., forward fall while foot is trapped, impact of knee on dashboard, chronic injury due to repetitive twisting, etc.) from the type of injury (e.g., torn meniscus, ruptured ACL, bursitis, etc.). While there are no absolute rules for positively associating each mechanism of injury with a specific type of injury, this article will provide some forensic guidance for those attempting to pr...

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