Knee trauma can lead to severe complications like chronic osteomyelitis, as shown in this rare paediatric case, which ...

Use this chart as a guide to possible reasons for your pain. The kneecap, or patella, is a bone that covers your knee joint. Pain in this area is most commonly caused due to the following ...

What Is Jumper’s Knee? Jumper’s knee refers to pain in the patellar tendon, which is located below your kneecap (patella). Doctors also call the condition patellar tendonitis. If the pain ...

Experiencing pain just below your kneecap while running, jumping, or squatting? It could be Jumper’s Knee—here’s what an ...

The most common sites of osteochondrosis associated with anterior knee pain occur at secondary centers including the tibial tubercle (Osgood-Schlatter disease) and/or the inferior patellar pole ...

When soccer players suffer from pain around the front of their knee, they are likely experiencing a condition known as patellofemoral pain. This pain may be caused by soft cartilage under the ...

This implies that a lot of force was needed to displace the patella. This may take the form of a tangential blow across the front of the knee or may be a very violent twisting flexing movement. The ...

Background—Palpation is an important clinical test for jumper's knee. Methods—In 326 junior symptomatic and ... and severe tenderness respectively. Results—Patellar tendon palpation was a reliable ...