Patella is the medical term for your kneecap. Patellar tracking disorder (or patellar maltracking) describes movement of your kneecap that isn’t aligned, like your kneecap moving sideways. It can ...

Subluxation is another word for partial dislocation of a bone. Patellar subluxation is a partial dislocation of the kneecap (patella). It’s also known as patellar instability or kneecap instability.

Question: Why does my teenager have knee pain without an injury? Answer: Knee pain in adolescents is very common, especially ...

Patellar tendonitis — also called jumper’s knee — is a type of knee tendon pain. It happens when the tendons connecting the kneecap to the shinbone become inflamed from overuse. Repetitive motions, ...

Patellar tendinopathy happens when the patella tendon that connects your kneecap (patella) to your shinbone is torn or injured. Stress on the tendon causes tiny tears, which are usually small enough ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recurrent patella dislocations cause patella and trochlear chondral damage. Increased trochlear damage can limit ...

The most common sites of osteochondrosis associated with anterior knee pain occur at secondary centers including the tibial tubercle (Osgood-Schlatter disease) and/or the inferior patellar pole ...

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1 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086, Australia 2 Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University ...

Many Eagles fans are concerned about Nakobe Dean, the linebacker who has been confirmed to have a patellar tendon tear. Dean suffered his knee injury in the second quarter of the Philadelphia Eagles’ ...