Why The Human Knee Is A Design Disaster - Cheddar Explores

Millions deal with knee problems every year. From elite athletes tearing their ACLs to senior citizens with chronic knee pain, there is clearly something error prone about the design of the human knee. It all comes down to a potent mix of evolutionary shortcomings and the stresses of modern life.
Further reading:
US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408027/
Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/orthopedic-surgery/news/first-nationwide-prevalence-study-of-hip-and-knee-arthroplasty-shows-7-2-million-americans-living-with-implants/mac-20431170
National Geographic
books.google.com/books?id=IXD7CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT105&lpg=PT105&dq=bruce+latimer+knee&source=bl&ots=alkac2Y83L&sig=ACfU3U08wawLb8YWk6WlRT86H8kT65Q5KQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-kcu1kYHoAhXpg3IEHYWHBe4Q6AEwA3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
Harvard Medical School
www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-mysterious-rise-in-knee-osteoarthritis-2017100212504
Human Errors by Nathan Lents
www.google.com/books/edition/Human_Errors/BZotDwAAQBAJ?
hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=knee
Smithsonian Magazine
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/becoming-human-the-evolution-of-walking-upright-13837658/
BBC
www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161209-the-real-reasons-why-we-walk-on-two-legs-and-not-four
PBS
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/what-evidence-suggests/
Scientific American
blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-hazards-of-being-an-athletic-ape/
The Perils of Being Bipedal, Bruce Latimer
www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruce_Latimer2/publication/8022849_The_perils_of_being_bipedal/links/0c96051a8b387df524000000.pdf
The Evolution of the Human Pelvis, Laura Tobias Gruss and Daniel Schmitt
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305164/
Our World in Data, University of Oxford
ourworldindata.org/maternal-mortality#how-has-maternal-mortality-changed-over-the-long-term
Matthews Journal of Orthopedics
www.mathewsopenaccess.com/scholarly-articles/anatomical-modifications-for-bipedal-locomotion-in-modern-humans-a-mini-review.pdf
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6958658/
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