Abstract: Ready-to-use bandage self-adhesively coated on one side, for relieving fixing, stabilizing and functionally restricting the ligament and muscle structures of the knee joint, which is characterized in that it comprises a substantially rectangular central part A which is at least partially inelastic in the transverse direction of the bandage and on which there are respectively arranged, directed upwards and downwards seen in the longitudinal direction, two elongate strips B, C, D and E.