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- Title
Anterior cruciate ligament rupture secondary to a ‘heel hook’: a dangerous martial arts technique.
- Authors
Baker, Joseph F.; Devitt, Brian M.; Moran, Ray
- Abstract
The ‘heel hook’ is a type of knee lock used in some forms of martial arts to stress the knee and cause opponent to concede defeat. While the knee is in a flexed and valgus disposition, an internal rotation force is applied to the tibia. Reports are lacking on serious knee trauma as a result of this technique. We report the case of a 32-year-old Mixed Martial Arts exponent who sustained complete anterior cruciate ligament rupture and an medial collateral ligament injury from the use of a ‘heel hook’.
- Subjects
ANTERIOR cruciate ligament injuries; KNEE injuries; LIGAMENT injuries; ROTATIONAL motion; MARTIAL arts
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2010, Vol 18, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-009-0877-y