Patellar Tendinopathy
Original Editors - Dorien De Ganck
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I consulted Pubmed to search for randomized clinical trials. I also consulted Pedro but I didn’t found much useful information. At Web of knowledge there were some interesting studies. I searched in books that I lent from the VUB library and in books that I lent from a physiotherapist.
If the normal smooth gliding motion of the tendon is impaired, it will become inflamed and tender and movement will become painful. Pain usually centers where the kneecap meets the patellar tendon. Tendinitis is the condition that arises when the tendon and the tissues that surround it, become inflamed and irritated meaning that inflammatory cells and components are found in the blood or in the tissues surrounding the patella. Patellar tendinitis is a condition resulting from overuse of the knee.[10]
- Jumper’s knee, another name for patellar tendinopathy is a syndrome with micro tears and collagen degeneration in the patellar tendon also due to overuse but non- inflammatory . [8] [9] When this condition exists without clinical symptoms, it’s called tendinosis [5]. The term tendinosis should be used as a histopathological and not a symptomatic description.[6][12]
- Patellar tendinitis should also be distinguished from Osgood-Schlatter’s disease which is a form of osteochondritis.[11]
-Adolescents growing fast in a short time can be affected by the Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease. [13]
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