| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |