A plica is a fold in the membrane that protects your knee joint. Most people have four folds in each knee. Sometimes the plica located in the middle of your knee becomes irritated. This is called plica syndrome and it’s characterized by pain, swelling and instability.

2023年6月3日 · A plica is a fold in the thin tissue that lines your knee joint. Most people have four of them in each knee. They let you bend and move your leg with ease. One of the four folds, the medial...

The term plica syndrome is used to refer to the internal derangement of the knee caused by an inflammation or injury to the suprapatellar, the medial patellar or the lateral plica, or a combination of the three, and which prevents normal functioning of the knee joint.

2018年9月29日 · The plica is a fold in the membrane surrounding your knee joint. Plica syndrome happens when one of your plica is inflamed, usually due to an injury. Your knee joint is surrounded by a...

2021年9月8日 · Plica syndrome is defined as a painful impairment of knee function resulting from the thickened and inflamed synovial folds (usually medial). Diagnosis is made clinically with pain over the medial parapatellar region with possible palpation of a thickened cord.

2024年12月12日 · Plica syndrome is a condition caused by inflammation in the lining of the knee joint. It results in achy knee pain which gets worse with activity, particularly up and down stairs, a feeling of instability in the knee and sometimes a catching or locking sensation.

Plica syndrome is a condition that occurs when a plica (a vestigial extension of the protective synovial capsule of usually the knee) becomes irritated, enlarged, or inflamed. [1] This inflammation is typically caused by the plica being caught on the femur, or pinched between the femur and the patella.

2023年4月10日 · A plica is a band of thick, fibrotic tissue that extends from the synovial capsule of a joint. Plica can be present in multiple joints, but this article will review plica in the knee which is the joint most commonly affected by plica tissue.

2022年10月31日 · Plica syndrome is a condition that causes chronic knee pain. It happens when the plica, a fold or thick band of tissue in the synovial tissue that protects the knee, develops inflammation.

2024年11月5日 · A plica is a thick band of tissue from the synovial capsule found in joints, particularly the knee. It can become inflamed from overuse or injury due to friction against the …