Short report
A non-contact complete knee dislocation with popliteal artery
disruption, a rare martial arts injury
Y K S Viswanath, I M Rogers
Department of
Surgery and Orthopaedics, South Tyneside General Hospital, South
Shields, NE34 0PL, UK
Correspondence to: Mr YKS Viswanath, Specialist Registrar Surgery, Upper GI Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK
Accepted 22 March 1999
Complete knee dislocation is a rare injury and an
associated incidence of popliteal artery damage ranges from 16-60% of
cases. It occurs commonly in road traffic accidents and in high
velocity trauma where significant contact remains as the usual mode of injury. We describe a rare case of non-contact knee dislocation with
popliteal artery injury sustained while practising Aikido, a type of
martial art. This patient successfully underwent closed reduction of
the knee with an emergency vein bypass graft. Similar injury in
association with Aikido has not been described in the English
literature previously. Various martial art injuries are briefly
discussed and safety recommendations made.
Keywords: Aikido; knee dislocation; popliteal artery disruption; sports injury
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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