Knee Problems
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has leaflets on Knee Injury - Meniscal Cartilage Tear and Knee Injury - Ligament Injury.
Knee Pain
Reliable information provided by Arthritis Research UK.
Knee Surgery
Reliable information provided by Arthritis Research UK.
Patellofemoral pain syndrome
Reliable information provided by Arthritis Research UK.
Knee Guru
A mass of information about knee problems.
Mini-incision surgery for total knee replacement
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Individually Magnetic Resonance Imaging-designed Unicompartmental Interpositional Implant Insertion for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Common [Knee] Conditions
Information from the British Association for Surgery of the Knee providing a comprehensive selection of links and articles for patients undergoing treatments of the knee.
Anaesthetic Choices for Hip or Knee Replacement
Information from West Sussex Hospital NHS Trust.
EssexHipSurgeon
Web site authored by a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon specialising in hip and knee joint replacement surgery, and is intended as a source of information and communication for patients, medical consultants and other healthcare professionals.
Knee replacement
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Knock knee
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Knee replacement
Patient information from BUPA.
Knee injuries
Patient information from BUPA.
Knee arthroscopy
Patient information from BUPA.
See also the Patient UK Arthritis and Joint Problems page.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.