Physiomedia http://physiomedia.com Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:47:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Knee joint – highly mobile, more stable and largest joint http://physiomedia.com/28/ http://physiomedia.com/28/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:24:59 +0000 http://physiomedia.com/?p=28 Knee joint-The knee is a very highly mobile, more stable and largest joint in our body. Knee is seprated to femur&tibia bones. The knee made by two joints. The first joint in between femur&tibia bones is hinge variety type and second joint in between femur&patella bones is sadle joint type.The knee joint is a compound synovial type joint.

The movements possible at the knee joint are flexion and extension. From 0 degrees of extension there are approximately 120 to 135 degrees of flexion. Because it is frequently exposed to severe stresses and strains, it should be no surprise that it is one of the most frequently injured joints in the body.

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