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The Knee Made Easy

  • Includes key diagrams, clinical photographs and radiographs to illustrate common procedures on the knee

  • Offers step-by-step guidance for assessing, diagnosing and treating knee disorders in clinical practice

  • Written by an orthopaedic surgeon with an extensive experience in the field

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Table of contents (72 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
  2. Introduction

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 1-2
  3. Knee Clinical Anatomy

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 3-57
  4. Knee Biomechanics: Tibiofemoral Articulation

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 59-102
  5. Knee Biomechanics—Patellofemoral Articulation

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 103-133
  6. Clinical History for Knee Conditions

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 135-143
  7. Clinical Examination of the Knee

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 145-211
  8. Investigations for Knee Disorders

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 213-248
  9. Challenges in Managing Knee Disorders

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 249-258
  10. Surgical Interventions for Knee Disorders

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 259-282
  11. External Devices for Disorders of the Knee

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 283-300
  12. Knee Injection and Needling Therapy

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 301-312
  13. Knee Physiotherapy: A Surgeon’s Perspective

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 313-342
  14. Knee Pain

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 343-362
  15. Knee Stiffness

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 363-372
  16. Knee Locking

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 373-382
  17. Knee Instability

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 383-396
  18. Knee Weakness

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 397-406
  19. Knee Paraesthesia

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 407-416
  20. Knee Noise

    • Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
    Pages 417-422

About this book

This book provides a concise and accessible resource for evaluating, diagnosing, and managing common knee disorders. The chapters are presented in a clear, and easily understood style so that practitioners can readily apply the information in their day-to-day clinical practice.

 

The Knee Made Easy opens with discussion of the anatomy, biomechanics, clinical examination and radiological imaging of the knee, followed by commonly encountered clinical symptoms and conditions of the knee. Each clinical condition is demonstrated with the background, presentation, investigations, and treatment options.  

 

Medical students, generalist doctors, junior orthopaedic doctors, and physiotherapists will find this book to be an essential go-to guide for effectively treating the most common knee disorders and improving patients' care.


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Authors and Affiliations

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool, UK

    Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous

About the author

Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous

BSc, MBChB, MSc, MD, FRCS (Tr &Orth)

 

Bambos (short name for Charalambos) studied Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK and did his postgraduate Surgical and Orthopaedic training in the North West of England.  

 

Bambos is currently a Consultant Surgeon in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and has a special interest in disorders of the Knee and Shoulder.  

 

Bambos is an Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire. Bambos has a keen interest in Medical Education and is an enthusiast in Research, having extensively published in his areas of interest.  

 

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics

Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Blackpool

 

School of Medicine 

University of Central Lancashire

Preston

United Kingdom


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Knee Made Easy

  • Authors: Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54506-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54505-5Published: 27 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54508-6Published: 28 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54506-2Published: 26 July 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 898

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 272 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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