A case study: the importance of a dynamic evaluation in the assessment of posterior knee pain.
To evaluate and treat knee problems, it is important to have an understanding of the functional anatomy of the structures about the knee joint. Injuries involving the musculature that insert or originate about the knee can cause pain leading to loss of function. The gastrocnemius muscle, primarily a plantarftexor of the ankle; is also a flexor of the knee joint due to its origin just above the lateral and medial femoral condyles on the posterior surface of the femur.' The following case report is of a strain to the medial head of the gastrocnemius which resulted in pain located at the posteriormedial region of the knee. A differential test to distinguish between a lesion of the gastrocnemius and the posterior capsule of the knee is presented.J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 1983;5(3):132-133.
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