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  • 11Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS) — The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee area, aggravated by activity (running, jumping, climbing or descending stairs) or by prolonged sitting with knees in a moderately bent… …

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  • 12Secretary's knee — The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee area, aggravated by activity (running, jumping, climbing or descending stairs) or by prolonged sitting… …

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  • 13Syndrome, patellofemoral (PFS) — The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee area, aggravated by activity (running, jumping, climbing or descending stairs) or by prolonged sitting with knees in a moderately bent… …

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  • 14hatha yoga — hatha yo·ga hət ə yō gə, hät n a form of yoga emphasizing a system of physical postures for balancing, stretching, and strengthening the body * * * the limb of raja yoga best known in the West, based on physical purification and strengthening as… …

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  • 15ADA (American Dental Association) — The mission statement of the ADA reads as follows: The ADA is the professional association of dentists dedicated to serving both the public and the profession of dentistry. The ADA promotes the public s health through commitment of member… …

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  • 16American Dental Association (ADA) — The mission statement of the ADA reads as follows: The ADA is the professional association of dentists dedicated to serving both the public and the profession of dentistry. The ADA promotes the public s health through commitment of member… …

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  • 17Dental Association, American (ADA) — The mission statement of the ADA reads as follows: The ADA is the professional association of dentists dedicated to serving both the public and the profession of dentistry. The ADA promotes the public s health through commitment of member… …

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  • 18Disease, Osgood-Schlatter — A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the knee and lower leg. Treatment is by rest, casting if necessary, and sometimes surgery. Osgood Schlatter disease is caused by repetitive stress or tension on a part… …

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  • 19Incontinence, urge — A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate unstoppable urge to urinate. It is a form of urinary incontinence (the unintentional loss of urine) and affects about 1 in 11 adults,… …

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  • 20Injury, knee meniscus — Injury to one of the two crescent shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone) and the tibia (the shin bone). Each meniscus acts as a smooth surface for the joint to move on. The two menisci are easily injured …

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