The left leg of the athlete is straddling the left thigh of the opponent — the left knee of the opponent is not on the floor — and is trapping the left foot of the opponent by stepping on it.

At the advance of Agesilaus ' forces, instead of giving the order to charge, Chabrias famously ordered his men at ease — with the spear remaining pointing upwards instead of towards the enemy, and the shield leaning against the left knee instead of being hoisted against the shoulder.

" A subsequent gig at Doyle's Dance Academy in Cincinnati became the occasion for a series of band and individual photographs that resulted in the most famous image of Beiderbecke — sitting fresh-faced, his hair perfectly combed, his horn resting on his right knee.

The word stock used to refer to the bottom " stump " part of the body, and by analogy the word was used to refer to the one-piece covering of the lower trunk and limbs of the 15th century — essentially tights consisting of the upper-stocks ( later to be worn separately as knee breeches ) and nether-stocks ( later to be worn separately as stockings ).

In his biography, it is reported that Wellington noted that many cavalry soldiers sustained crippling wounds by having been shot in the knee — a very vulnerable and exposed part of the body when one is mounted on a horse.

Instead, for knee arthroscopy for example, only two small incisions are made — one for the arthroscope and one for the surgical instruments to be used in the knee cavity.

* 9 September — William " Bendigo " Thompson finally returns to the ring after recovery from his serious knee injury.

In unison, his mercenary hoplites immediately assumed the resting posture — with the spear remaining pointing upwards instead of towards the enemy, and the shield propped against the left knee instead of being hoisted at the shoulders.

The unwieldy Catholic infantry was trapped in a crossfire of grazing artillery balls which were aimed to bounce and careen into the rank and files between knee and shoulder height — killing and wounding dozens with each ball.

At the advance of Agesilaus ' forces, instead of giving the order to charge, Chabrias famously ordered his men at ease — with the spear remaining pointing upwards instead of towards the enemy, and the shield leaning against the left knee instead of being hoisted against the shoulder.

During one day of practice at a local park, Alex finds what he believes is their coach — Lamont Carr, an African-American college basketball star whose knee injury forced him to quit.

No authentic portrait of John is known to exist ; but the traditional picture represents him in the canonical habit, seated in the forest with his writing tablet on his knee, as he was in fact found one day by the brethren — rapt in ecstasy and enveloped in flames, which encircle without consuming the tree under which he is resting.

According to Snorri, Olaf received three severe wounds — in the knee, in the neck, and leaning against a large stone the final mortal spear thrust up under his mail shirt and into his belly.

He played all of Melbourne's matches that season, as he did for four seasons from 2004 — a consistent run which saw him play more than 100 consecutive matches after he missed games in 2003 due to a serious shin injury and a knee injury, until Round 12, 2008.

The free heel of Telemark equipment appears to help prevent knee injuries common to alpine skiers or AT skiers even without releasable bindings < http :// www. ski-injury. com / nordic. htm >, but non-releasing bindings still present a serious hazard in avalanches where attached equipment creates drag that increases the possibility of injury and deeper burial — not a problem in ski resorts, but a serious consideration in the backcountry.

* Knee: genu varum ( from Latin genu = knee ) — the tibia is turned inward in relation to the femur, resulting in a bowlegged deformity.

* Knee: genu valgum ( from Latin genu = knee ) — the tibia is turned outward in relation to the femur, resulting in a knock-kneed appearance.

While initially only the players on the field could see the extent of the damage to Theismann's leg, the reverse-angle instant replay provided a clearer view of what had actually happened — Theismann's lower leg bones were broken midway between his knee and his ankle, such that his leg from his foot to his mid-shin was lying flat against the ground while the upper part of his shin up to his knee was at a 45-degree angle to the lower part of his leg.

A magnetic scan on the knee indicated two torn ligaments — the medial collateral and posterior cruciate — and a torn muscle.

As Susie watches in horror from heaven, Brian — who was going to meet Clarissa in the cornfield — nearly beats Jack to death, and Clarissa breaks Jack's knee.

The patella ( kneecap ) is the bone in front of the knee.

A very effective way of off-loading the ITB and restoring VMO control / normal medial glide of the patella, is via " McConnell's Taping ", or taping pulling the knee medially ( inward ).

Tape from the bottom half of the patella, to under the knee over the patella tendon.

* The patella and the ulna protect the knee and the elbow respectively.

It occurs when, through either malformation or trauma, the ridges forming the patellar groove in the knee are not prominent and are too shallow to allow the patella to properly sit securely.

The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the femur and tibia, and one between the femur and patella.

The knee is a hinge type synovial joint, which is composed of three functional compartments: the femoropatellar articulation consists of the patella, or " kneecap ", and the patellar groove on the front of the femur through which it slides ; and the medial and lateral femorotibial articulations linking the femur, or thigh bone, with the tibia, the main bone of the lower leg.

The patella, also known as the knee cap or kneepan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint.

The breed is also one of the least likely to be affected by a luxating patella, where the knee cap slips out of place.

It is characterized by an unusually small knee cap ( patella ) that develops out of and above the joint.

An arthroscope allows a complete evaluation of the entire knee joint, including the knee cap ( patella ), the cartilage surfaces, the meniscus, the ligaments ( ACL & PCL ), and the joint lining.

As the knee joint is moved, the patella slides in a grove in the femur.

* Chondromalacia Patellae, a degenerative condition of the knee cap ( patella )

The quadriceps, specifically the vastus medialis, plays the important role of stabilizing the patella and the knee joint during gait.

Luxating patella ( or trick knee, subluxation of patella, or floating patella ) is a condition in which the patella, or kneecap, dislocates or moves out of its normal location.

Bothered by problems with his right knee ( patella femoral irritation ), he decided to sit out the 2004-05 season in hopes that his knee would recover.

With Klecko rupturing the patella tendon in his right knee in the second game of the strike shortened 1982 season against the New England Patriots, Gastineau became the new unofficial leader of the " Sack Exchange.

In particular, cycling is commonly used within knee rehabilitation programs.

Sapp lost the fight by KO within 20 seconds in the first round by a knee to the liver.

This put him to within three victories of Mölders, who had claimed the highest number of enemy aircraft destroyed and who was wounded and grounded with a damaged knee.

On November 7, it was announced that Klitschko had suffered severe right knee injuries during training ; the WBC said it would strip him of the championship if he was unable to box within 60 – 90 days of a soon-to-be-announced base date.

The PCL is an intracapsular ligament along with the anterior cruciate ligament ( ACL ) because it lies deep within the knee joint.

This time, it was our universe that was a microcosmos contained within the knee of a beautiful woman from a macrocosmos.

In his first training session with Leeds, he damaged his knee ligaments but hoped to be back within 3 months.

Igor Gamow conducts research in bionics, on an orthopedic knee brace that stores energy within a spring from the hamstring and redirects it to the quadriceps.

:" Then the shield-bearers wheeled round and enclosed the light-armed troops within their ranks, dropped down to one knee, and held their shields out as a defensive barrier.

Returning in 2006, he bounced back from 100th place in the Indesit ATP rankings to top 50 within three months, even though knee and shoulder injuries still prevented him from playing at his best.

According to the booklet, the lamas describe seven spinning, " psychic vortexes " within the body: two of these vortexes are located in the brain, one at the base of the throat, one on the right side of the body in the vicinity of the liver, one in the reproductive anatomy, and one in each knee.

9 ) That at the expiration of thirty seconds ( unless otherwise agreed upon ) the umpire appointed shall cry “ Time ,” upon which each man shall rise from the knee of his bottle-holder and walk to his own side of the scratch unaided, the seconds and the bottle-holders remaining at their corner ; and that either man failing so to be at the scratch within eight seconds, shall be deemed to have lost the battle.

Backward angle causes compression fractures to the front surfaces of the carpals, and may cause ligament injury within knee.

As a professional wrestler, Mitchell suffered numerous injuries, including damaging a disc in his neck and injuring his knee, as well as breaking his nose three times within one month.

The whole Rhine knee lies within Swiss territory and is settled by the city of Basel and its adjacent municipalities Riehen and Bettingen.

His career was ended in 1987 due to a knee injury, but he continued within the Sri Lankan cricket system, and in May 2004 he was appointed head of selectors in Sri Lanka.