Anterior Knee Pain
Original Editors - Maxime Tuerlinckx
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Anterior knee pain is a pain that occurs in the front and center of the knee and that can be caused by a number of conditions (1):
-Chondromalacia Patellae
-Sinding Larsen Johansson syndrome
-Knee bursitis/Hoffa’s disease
-Bone tumors
-Patellafemoral instability/subluxation
-Patellar stress fracture
-Patellofemoral osteoarthritis
-Pes anserine bursitis
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Patellofemoral pain syndrome is the most common condition in patients with anterior knee pain, but be aware of the fact that other conditions also occur in the knee and that they diserve an other treatment
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