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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 23. Musculoskeletal Disorders > |
Chapter 278. Hip and Knee Pain
Sections: Hip and Knee Pain: Introduction, Anatomy, Nerves of the Upper Leg and Referred Pain, Diagnosis of Knee and Hip Diseases and Syndromes, Imaging, Specific Diseases and Syndromes, References.
Topics Discussed: hip pain; knee pain.
Excerpt:"Pain in the hips and knees is common, and affects patients of
all ages and occupations. Knee pain itself accounts for 30% of
all musculoskeletal problems seen in the primary care setting.1 This
chapter describes causes of pain to these joints in the adult population,
reviewing the important points of the history and physical examination.
Although major traumatic disorders are covered elsewhere in this
textbook, almost all discomfort in these areas is related to the
minor trauma that occurs from activities of daily living, including
gardening, exercising, competing, or simply climbing stairs. Athletes,
especially ballet dancers, soccer and football players, jumpers,
and runners, are particularly prone to injury of the hip, where
these activities transmit three to five times the body weight to
the joint...."
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