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MusculoskeletalModerate
Meniscus Tear
Sports Medicine · Musculoskeletal
Moderate
Severity
Common — one of the most frequently injured structures in the knee, especially in athletes and older adults
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Sports Medicine
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Acute tears are typically caused by forceful twisting or rotating of the knee while the foot is planted
- 2often during sports involving pivoting movements
- 3while degenerative tears develop gradually from age-related wear of the cartilage. Risk factors include participation in contact or pivoting sports
- 4advancing age
- 5and prior knee injury.
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