A South Carolina healthcare startup plans to use magnets to help patients with knee dysfunction continue to live active lives. A simple but true orthopedics innovation, the Engage Knee System uses ...

Locked knee occurs when a person cannot bend or straighten their knee. Causes include injury to the area and inflammation of the joint. The knees are two of the most important joints in the body.

Background A 67-year-old man presented to a rheumatology clinic with a 1-week history of severe pain and swelling of his right knee. He had been receiving allopurinol for about 5 months for the ...