Word: kneecapping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Johnson, who is leading the Lakers in scoring this season, suffered a bruised right kneecap in the third quarter of Los Angeles's 116-93 loss Wednesday night to the Milwaukee Bucks...
...muscle along Nipper's kneecap was injured Sunday in a collision with Texas' Larry Parrish at home plate that sent a spike into the muscle...
...bull I'm pen, I trotted in for a drink of water and I'm they not.' said, I 'You're caught in the first leftfield.' ball I hit said, to me, 'No, rammed the wall and broke my kneecap...
...joining the femur and tibia wrap around the knee to keep the bones together; the only cushion between these bones is two thin bands of cartilaginous tissue called menisci. Unlike the shoulder and hip joints, which are buried under layers of muscle, the knee is protected only by the kneecap and a thin layer of tissue. The knee bears great weights, helps propel and stop the body and acts as a shock absorber-and that is just normal wear. Many sports put added strain on the joint. The worst: football, basketball, skiing, soccer, weight lifting and wrestling. And a runner...
...idea struck a responsive chord among TIME'S editors in New York City, particularly Associate Editor Claudia Wallis, our Medicine writer. She had been interested in the subject ever since 1978, when she experienced the anguish of surgery for a fractured kneecap. The result is this week's cover story, which was written by Wallis and contributed to by Reporter-Researcher Mary Carpenter...