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What’s Different About Your Knees?

Now that you know what’s inside your knees, it’s important to understand how that makes them different from a man’s knees. A woman’s knee is different because:

• The bone in the front of a woman’s knee is typically less prominent than in a man’s knee.
• The angle between the pelvis and the knee affects how the kneecap moves over the end of the thighbone as the knee goes through a range of motion; women tend to have a wider angle than men because of the unique shape of the female anatomy.
• The end of a woman’s thighbone typically has a narrower width and a different contour than a man’s thighbone.

When you consider that women suffer from more knee pain and disability than men, these differences become even more critical in the decision to have treatment.¹ Find out how these differences helped inspire a new treatment for knee pain.

Have you thought about how much knee pain affects your life? Take this quiz to find out if you’re a candidate for knee replacement surgery .

Reference:

1. Hawker GA, Wright JB, Coyte PC. Differences between men and women in the rate of use of hip and knee arthroplasty. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:1016-1022.

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