Knees change and adapt in response to their use, or lack thereof. A global increase in nutrition causing humans to be taller ...

The evolution of bones in primates' knees could have implications for how humans evolved to walk upright, a new study has ...

Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPMMedically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Pain in your big toe joint can be due to a sudden injury, or chronic health conditions like arthritis. Bursitis, ...

The evolution of bones in primates' knees could have implications for how humans evolved to walk upright, a new study has ...

In medical terms, the fabella - which means little bean - is a sesamoid bone, meaning it grows in the tendon of a muscle, just like the kneecap or patella. Dr Michael Berthaume and colleagues at ...

The evolution of bones in primates' knees could have implications for how humans evolved to walk upright, a new study has ...

Otherwise known as patellofemoral pain syndrome, runner’s knee is a common injury among runners – here’s the lowdown on what ...

My favorite vacation has been going to the Indian Wells (Calif.) tennis tournament with my family during spring break of 2019 ...

A shattered axial sesamoid bone and severed ligamentous structures in the fetlock, meant that he would never run barrels again. Due to the severity of the injury and his obvious and excruciating ...

Jordan Briggs and her stellar gelding "Rollo" have been a force to be reckoned with this summer. This past winter as Jordan ...

The patella is the largest sesamoid bone in the body and articulates with the trochlear groove of the femur. It usually possesses a median ridge that divides the proximal patella into medial and ...

The lateral fabella is a sesamoid bone behind the knee which is twice as common in people with knee osteoarthritis. Sesamoids, like the kneecap, are small bones embedded in tendons or ligaments ...