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Sports Injuries - Knee Injuries - Front of the Knee

Anterior Knee (front of the knee)
Term Also Known As Description
Patella pain syndrome Housemaid's Knee, Prepatella bursitis, Patellofemoral Syndrome, and PFS Patella pain syndrome happens when cartilage under the kneecap starts to degenerate and tissue rubs together.
fat pad impingement   Fat pad impingement occurs when the fatty tissue under the kneecap is abnormally pressured or trapped against another part of the knee.
infrapatellar bursitis Clergyman's Knee Infrapatellar bursitis is swelling of the fluid-filled cushioning sac under the kneecap due to trauma or excessive kneeling.
patellar tendonopathy Jumper's knee and Patella tendon degeneration / rupture Patellar tendonopathy happens when the tendon connecting the kneecap to the shin bone partially ruptures or degenerates.
Osgood-Schlatters disease   Osgood-Schlatters Disease occurs in young people when tension on the patellar tendon causes the bony protrusion at the bottom of the knee to become inflamed.
patellofemoral instability   Patellofemoral instability is the kneecap moving too much when the knee is moved.
prepatella bursitis Housemaid's Knee, Patellofemoral Syndrome, and PFS Prepatella bursitis is swelling of the bursa in front of the kneecap just beneath the skin due to trauma or excessive kneeling.
chondromalacia patella CMP Chondromalacia patella happens when cartilage under the kneecap starts to degenerate and tissue rubs together.
quadriceps tendinopathy Degeneration at insertion at the patella Quadriceps tendinopathy is deterioration of the tendon that connects the large muscle on the front of the upper leg with the kneecap.
quadriceps tendinitis Inflammation at insertion at the patella Quadriceps tendinitis is inflammation of the tendon that connects the large muscle on the front of the upper leg with the kneecap.
quadriceps hematoma   A quadriceps hematoma is an area of the muscle on the front of the upper leg where blood cells have spread and are grouping or have grouped together.
synovial plica syndrome patella plica syndrome Synovial plica syndrome happens when the knee membrane that contains lubricating fluid is irritated and inflamed.