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¿Qué sabe sobre las lesiones de la rodilla?

Las rodillas son articulaciones complejas que las hacen vulnerables a las lesiones. Aprender a evitar las lesiones de la rodilla y a tratarlas si ocurren puede ayudarlo a mantenerse activo en el trabajo y el esparcimiento. Ponga a prueba sus conocimientos sobre las rodillas con este cuestionario, que se basa en información de la Academia Estadounidense de Cirujanos Ortopédicos (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons).

1. Los ligamentos conectan los músculos con los huesos.
2. La rodilla tiene 7 ligamentos.
3. Cuando se produce la lesión de un ligamento de la rodilla, puede escuchar un chasquido.
4. El ligamento cruzado anterior (LCA) se lesiona con mayor frecuencia cuando se levantan objetos pesados.
5. ¿Qué prueba NO se usa para diagnosticar una lesión del ligamento de la rodilla?
6. La reparación de un ligamento de la rodilla puede hacerse con una cirugía llamada del siguiente modo:
7. Es posible reconstruir el LCA con un fragmento de su propia rodilla o del tendón de una pierna.
Revisor médico: Kolbus, Karin, RN, DNP, COHN-S
Revisor médico: MMI board-certified, academically affiliated clinician
Última revisión: 5/1/2023
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