** Van-ness rotation / rotationplasty ( foot being turned around and reattached to allow the ankle joint to be used as a knee )

Examples include replacement heart valves, hip and knee joint implants, silicone gel-filled breast implants, implanted cerebellar stimulators, implantable pacemaker pulse generators and endosseous ( intra-bone ) implants.

A study at Ball State University sponsored by Nabisco, the former parent company of Knox gelatin, found that gelatin supplementation relieved knee joint pain and stiffness in athletes.

It is derived from Greek ; poly means many and goni means knee or joint.

* Crystal induced arthritis ( gout, and pseudogout ) – usually involves particular joints ( knee, MTP1, heels ) and can be distinguished with aspiration of joint fluid if in doubt.

The knee joint is at its greatest extension just prior to the support phase.

When contact is made with the ground, the knee joint begins to flex, and the extent it flexes varies with running style.

The drive leg extends at the knee joint, and at the hips, such that the toe maintains contact with the ground as that leg trails behind the body.

Because the knee joint straightens, though not completely, much of the power of the drive comes from the quadriceps muscle group, and in some running styles, additional power comes from the calves as they extend the foot for a longer drive.

As the knee kicks forward, it exerts torque against the lower leg through the knee joint, causing the leg to snap upward.

During the last stage of recovery, the hip achieves maximal flexion, and, as the lower leg rapidly unfolds, which it does in a passive way, the knee joint also reaches its greatest, though not full, extension.

Many of the leg's muscles are also adapted to bipedalism, most substantially the gluteal muscles, the extensors of the knee joint, and the calf muscles.

This line stretches from the hip joint ( or more precisely the head of the femur ), through the knee joint ( the intercondylar eminence of the tibia ), and down to the center of the ankle ( the ankle mortise, the fork-like grip between the medial and lateral malleoli ).

Divergence from the normal femorotibial angle is called genu varum if the center of the knee joint is lateral to the mechanical axis ( intermalleolar distance exceeds 3 cm ), and genu valgum if it is medial to the mechanical axis ( intercondylar distance exceeds 5 cm ).

The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed against a bone, such as at the neck ( carotid artery ), at the wrist ( radial artery ), behind the knee ( popliteal artery ), on the inside of the elbow ( brachial artery ), and near the ankle joint ( posterior tibial artery ).

ITBS symptoms range from a stinging sensation just above the knee joint ( on the outside of the knee or along the entire length of the iliotibial band ) to swelling or thickening of the tissue at the point where the band moves over the femur.

* James Potts-Prosthesis made of a wooden shank and socket, a steel knee joint and an articulated foot that was controlled by catgut tendons from the knee to the ankle.

The C-Leg is powered by a lithium-ion battery housed inside the prosthesis near the knee joint.

A charging port located on the front of the knee joint can be connected to a charging cable plugged directly into a standard outlet.

Their device which is manufactured by CR Equipments is a single-axis, manually operated locking polymer prosthetic knee joint.

List of knee joint technologies based on the literature review.

Basel is located at the so called ' knee ' of the River Rhine, at the point where from the west the little Birsig River joins the Rhine from the left, and where the Rhine itself switches from flowing in a westerly direction to a northerly flow.

* Knee-length or thigh high socks which cover knee and thighs

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.

Engaging the hips, driving the thigh or knee, pushing off with the ankles and not the hamstrings, pawing your legs back, and erect posture are some of the key actions in proper running technique.

The human leg is the entire lower extremity or limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh and even the hip or gluteal region ; however, the precise definition in human anatomy refers only to the section of the lower limb extending from the knee to the ankle.

In human anatomical terms, the leg is the part of the lower extremity that lies between the knee and the ankle, the thigh is between the hip and knee and the term " lower extremity " is used to describe the colloquial leg.

This vein is " hidden " in its own fascial compartment in the thigh and exits the fascia only near the knee.

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.

They nowadays mostly reach down to the knee or even slightly further ; from about 1960 until the 1980s they were generally much shorter, typically coming to about half way up the thigh when standing.

The magpie has a short femur ( thigh bone ), and long lower leg below the knee, suited to walking rather than running, although birds can run in short bursts when hunting prey.

It was usually thigh or knee length, with a split in the front and back to the groin so the wearer could ride a horse.

In human anatomy, the hamstring is any one of the three posterior thigh muscles ( semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris ) that make up the borders of the space behind the knee, or to their corresponding tendons.

The three muscles of the posterior thigh ( semitendinosus, semimembranosus, biceps femoris long & short head ) flex ( bend ) the knee, while all but the short head of biceps femoris extend ( straighten ) the hip.

According to Terminologia Anatomica, it includes the pelvic girdle, buttocks, hip, and thigh, as well as the components distal to the knee.

In humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and the knee.

Additionally, shin guards, gloves, knee pads, thigh pads, and elbow pads are sometimes worn for extra protection on shallow rivers.

The musculature of the hind limbs differs from those of other ungulates by the fact that the legs are attached to the body at the top of the thigh only, rather than attached by skin and muscle from the knee downwards.

* The front of the thigh, midway to the outer side, 4 inches below the top of the thigh to 4 inches above the knee.

Typical modern jackets extend only to the upper thigh in length, whereas older coats such as tailcoats are usually of knee length.

:* petit battement is a battement action where the bending action is at the knee, while the upper leg and thigh remain still.

If the thigh is horizontal, the toe draws an oval approximately between the knee of the support leg and the second position in the air.

If the thigh is in the lower demi-position then the oval is to the calf of the support knee.

Clinically, a reflex arc termed the cremasteric reflex can be demonstrated by lightly stroking the skin of the inner thigh downwards from the hip towards the knee.