Citation

Baker JF, Devitt BM, Moran R. Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Arthrosc. 2010; 18(1): 115-116.

Affiliation

Sports Surgery Clinic, Santry Demesne, Dublin 9, Ireland, joseph.f.baker@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00167-009-0877-y

PMID

19629437

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'.

Language: en