The knee is a meeting place for four bones — the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shinbone), fibula (calf bone), and patella (kneecap). It requires several ligaments to keep these bones in place and ...

Iowa State professors collaborated to design and fabricate a new 3D-printed dynamic knee anatomy model that helps athletic training students better visualize and understand the motion and inner ...

Robotic assistance is increasingly used in knee replacement surgery worldwide: in 6% of procedures in the UK, compared with ...

Clinical implications The morphological variations in the ALL may have implications for the anterolateral stability of the knee and should be considered during ligament reconstruction surgeries. The ...

The patella serves as the fulcrum for knee extension via the quadriceps mechanism and provides a surface over which the extensor mechanism glides during knee range of motion. It is also guided through ...