Most people report a dull ache under or around the kneecap. This type of pain is also referred to as runner's knee, or patellofemoral pain syndrome. When you move, it may feel and sound like your ...

Medically reviewed by Stuart Hershman, MD Physical therapy is the top treatment for runner’s knee (patellofemoral pain ...

Strength training is one of the best ways to rehab and prevent runner’s knee, keeping you strong, pain-free, and ready to log ...

Inclusion criteria of reviews required participants to be described as having retropatellar, peripatellar or PFP; anterior knee pain; patellar or patellofemoral dysfunction; or chondromalacia patellae ...

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 ...

Case reports and non-English studies were excluded. The inclusion criteria required participants to be described as having PFP, anterior knee pain or chondromalacia patella in the absence of other ...

If he is able to walk he is unlikely to have fractured his knee. Chondromalacia patella is a condition in which the cartilage behind the knee-cap (patella) wears away sooner than usual causing ...

Sixty-five consecutive primary total knee arthroplasties were done in 60 patients (40 women and 20 men). Three female patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis were excluded from the study.

An 84-year-old female patient, while turning in bed at night, suffered shooting pains and knee locking in the right knee with apparent patella luxation, which made a loud bang when reduced by the ...