England captain Michael Vaughan says he will get through next week's first Test against South Africa and the entire series.

Vaughan's perennial soreness in his right knee resurfaced in the past fortnight forcing him to undergo an Ostinol injection last Wednesday night, designed to get him through the four-match campaign.

"It is nothing new, nothing different, I have just learned how to manage it," Vaughan, who has played 15 Tests in a row since coming back from an 18-month exile last summer, said.

"When you have a chronic knee, there are going to be odd days when it doesn't feel as good as others and the good thing about it is I know how to manage that situation.

"I have no doubt whatsoever I will play a full part in the series and move like I did against New Zealand, which was very, very well.

"The knee is as it has been for the last year, it has obviously been aggravated a bit over the last few weeks but we have had those kind of periods over that last year and I have managed to play all the Test matches.

"I have no fear I won't be able to do the same, starting on Thursday, and then all the Test matches against South Africa.

"Ice packs on the knee is just the norm for me at the minute."