cam impingement

Posted By: je suis MT on 2009-06-12
In Reply to: CAM - mtmtmt

Subject: cam impingement

Found several references (looks likely same source) stating "cam" comes from Dutch word meaning "cog" (although a Babelfish translation gives a word that looks nothing like "cam"). It appears to meet not to meet criteria for capitalization. Any ideas?

Here are a couple of links:

http://www.hipfai.com/

http://www.esrnexus.com/ (search "cam impingement")

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what does the CAM in CAM impingement mean? and can sm - Tracey
- Have never heard CAM used this way - see message
  - obviously I did google it. It still does not tell me what it means?! sm - Tracey
    - It doesn't seem to stand for anything (sm) - Me
      - CAM - mtmtmt
        cam impingement - je suis MT
        None of your suggestions make any sense - Me
        Never heard a doc say anything but the acronym form - moon1010
        Context is everything (sm) - Me
        I think it's related to the phrase cam stroke. (sm) - Me
        And here - Me
        Thanks for your reply. I will type CAM in the assessment and see what my manager says. nm - Tracey
        sometimes this site really irritates me!! sm - Tracey
        maybe it was the way you worded your question. - mtmtmt
        CAM - mtmtmt

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