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Taryn Lise Taylor, Renata Frankovich, and Jane Rumball
Bilateral atraumatic medial meniscal tears in a 17-year-old rower
BMJ Case Reports 2009; 2009: bcr1120081258 [Abstract] [Full text]
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[Read eLetter] Is rowing atrauamtic?
davinder p s baghla   (3 September 2009)

Is rowing atrauamtic? 3 September 2009
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davinder p s baghla,
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Ealing Hospital

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Re: Is rowing atrauamtic?

paulbaghla{at}blueyonder.co.uk davinder p s baghla

Dear Editor

I read with interest your case report of bilateral meniscal tears in a 17 year old rower. Admittedly meniscal tears are not as common as Chondromalacia patellae, Iliotibial Band syndrome or Patella tendonitis, however they have been reported in a survey of knee injuries in rowers (Hosea TM et al. Rowing injuries. Postgraduate Advances in Sports Medicine 1989;3:1–16)

The act of rowing combines deep knee flexion with considerable rotation of the tibio-femoral joint predisposing to meniscal sheer forces. In my opinion the act of rowing can not be classified as atruamatic.

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Mr DPS Baghla