Knee Sprain: What It Is and Causes

knee injury is a joint injury that is characterized by more or less significant damage to one or more knee ligaments.

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Particularly frequent among sportsmen, knee sprains can essentially be due to two phenomena: the unnatural movement of the joint or a trauma.
The knee sprain is responsible for: local pain (therefore in the knee), local swelling, reduced joint mobility, local bruising, joint instability and noises from the joint when the latter is subjected to movements.
A physical examination, medical history, and imaging tests, such as an MRI of the knee, are essential for diagnosing a knee sprain.
The treatment of the knee sprain varies according to the severity of the injury; depending on the case, in fact, it could be conservative or surgical.

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Knee sprains are very common injuries in sports, especially among those who practice activities such as football, rugby, basketball or skiing, activities during which there are races with changes of direction, jumps, jumps, violent landings etc. .; knee sprains, however, also affect elderly people, who are more prone to accidental falls due to their age.