What it is
A tear of fibrocartilage that stabilises and distributes load in the knee, shoulder or hip after rotation or repeated loading.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Deep or joint-line pain
- Clicking, catching or locking
- Swelling and limitation with squatting, turning or throwing
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament and meniscal injuries: a best-evidence synthesis of systematic reviews for the OPTIKNEE consensus.
Clinical guideline / consensus · 2022
Sports Injuries
When is medical assessment needed?
Deformity or an open wound after trauma, immediate loss of function, disproportionate pain with a tense segment, neurological weakness, worsening symptoms after a head impact, collapse during exertion, confusion in heat and very dark urine after exercise require emergency assessment.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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