Neither 'meniscal' nor 'mechanical' symptoms predict findings on knee arthroscopy
Both types of symptoms are strongly related to the overall amount of cartilage damage in the knee joint - but not to the presence of meniscal tears, according to the new research by Elizabeth G. Matzkin, MD, and colleagues of Harvard Medical School. They write, "Our study adds strong evidence to refute the current dogma that meniscal pathology is the primary driver of traditionally defined 'meniscal' and 'mechanical' knee symptoms." New evidence 'questions diagnostic utility' of knee symptoms Sometimes called the "shock absorbers" of the knee, the menisci are a pair of horseshoe-shaped pieces...
Source: eurekalert.org