Orthopedics · Orthopedics / Sports medicine
Patellofemoral pain syndrome
also: Chondromalacia patellae; Runner's knee
Anterior knee pain from patellofemoral joint overload.
- Specialty
- Orthopedics
- Subspecialty
- Orthopedics / Sports medicine
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, 2:1 female predominance; Children: yes, adolescents
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Chondromalacia patellae; Runner's knee
Etiology & mechanism
Maltracking and muscle imbalance.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (5)
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