Diagnosis of undetected knee injuries

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As athletes and physicians know, the knee is vulnerable to a variety of sports-related injuries. Dr Keene describes five injuries whose presentations may confuse or mislead an examiner who is not familiar with them. He explains the mechanism of injury, the site of pain, and the typical clinical and radiologic findings of anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injuries, patellofemoral subluxation, tibial tubercle fracture, and fibular head dislocation.