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Scientists discover new knee ligament!
Posted on 11/6/13 at 8:52 am
Posted on 11/6/13 at 8:52 am
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Two knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a previously unknown ligament in the human knee. This ligament appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.
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This could change how we view ACL tears in the future.
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Posted on 11/6/13 at 8:55 am to LSUFrosty
And yet you haven't discovered the Off-Topic Board
Posted on 11/6/13 at 8:56 am to LSUFrosty
Pretty interesting. I always felt there had to be a reason why some guys always got the "injury prone" tag in football, particularly with knees.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 8:58 am to genro
Figured this is important enough to share on any sports board, but oh well. frick me, right?
Posted on 11/6/13 at 8:58 am to LSUFrosty
So that explains Swain's injury.....the old unknown ligament trick.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 8:59 am to LSUFrosty
Hrm.............I bet I tore that too.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:01 am to Notherdamnhog
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So that explains Swain's injury.....the old unknown ligament trick.
I was baffled when i didn't open this thread and see the gif of swain's injury.
Glad it didn't take too long...would have started to worry about you guys.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:03 am to LSUFrosty
scientists have been studying human anatomy for hundreds of years and they haven't found this yet? strikes me as odd
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:06 am to Notherdamnhog
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So that explains Swain's injury....
Ah, Malzahn with the troll that keeps on giving.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:09 am to AUsteriskPride
Apparently, as in the case of Swain, when you injure the newly found knee ligament, it heals very quickly. A little stationary bike ride is all you need.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:11 am to LSUFrosty
Revenge of Jimmy the Greek
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:18 am to LSUFrosty
Great. Now tell me how to work it out more. Gotta get my new knee ligament ripped as hell too!!!
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:25 am to leoj
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scientists have been studying human anatomy for hundreds of years and they haven't found this yet? strikes me as odd
This! I didn't read the article but I don't buy it. How many millions of human cadavers have been thoroughly examined and how many millions of knee surgeries have occurred without one single person finding this mystery ligament until now. Just doesn't add up. I'm guessing it may be a genetic anomoly that is only present in small percentage of the population.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:28 am to LSUray
quote:They claim it's present in 97% of humans.
This! I didn't read the article but I don't buy it. How many millions of human cadavers have been thoroughly examined and how many millions of knee surgeries have occurred without one single person finding this mystery ligament until now. Just doesn't add up. I'm guessing it may be a genetic anomoly that is only present in small percentage of the population.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 9:45 am to roadGator
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Apparently, as in the case of Swain, when you injure the newly found knee ligament, it heals very quickly. A little stationary bike ride is all you need.
And a walking boot.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 5:23 pm to LSUray
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This! I didn't read the article but I don't buy it. How many millions of human cadavers have been thoroughly examined and how many millions of knee surgeries have occurred without one single person finding this mystery ligament until now. Just doesn't add up. I'm guessing it may be a genetic anomoly that is only present in small percentage of the population.
It had been proposed over 100 years ago by a French doctor but for some reason it was never verified as an actual ligament. Science books are great and all but when you actually start dissecting things nothing looks like its supposed to -- this ligament was written off as various things when it was noticed at all. Scientists also haven't actually had that much access to a lot of human cadavers to do comparative studies until fairly recently because there have been social and religious prohibitions and taboos about it and even now it can be difficult to get enough cadavers to do a comparative study.
You'd think it was easier but it's not -- there's still a strong enough taboo/ick factor that keeps people from donating their body. Cadavers are shared and reused when possible because there's still scarcity.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 6:15 pm to Prof
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It had been proposed over 100 years ago by a French doctor but for some reason it was never verified as an actual ligament. Science books are great and all but when you actually start dissecting things nothing looks like its supposed to -- this ligament was written off as various things when it was noticed at all. Scientists also haven't actually had that much access to a lot of human cadavers to do comparative studies until fairly recently because there have been social and religious prohibitions and taboos about it and even now it can be difficult to get enough cadavers to do a comparative study.
You'd think it was easier but it's not -- there's still a strong enough taboo/ick factor that keeps people from donating their body. Cadavers are shared and reused when possible because there's still scarcity.
+1 for the guy who actually knows what he's talking about.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 7:20 pm to Fizzou
quote:+1 from me too. I studied history of medicine in college. Prof was a microhistorical dweeb but I learned a ton.
+1 for the guy who actually knows what he's talking about.
Posted on 11/6/13 at 10:27 pm to Hog on the Hill
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They claim it's present in 97% of humans.
I don't believe this. How could we not know about it? There have been millions of knees operated on.
edit. saw the above: I realize it appears much different in the OR but this story seems odd
This post was edited on 11/6/13 at 10:29 pm
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