The pain is worse going downstairs and the patient is unable to sit with the knee bent for long periods (named “the cinema sign” by the French). There may well be a sensation of insecurity. On ...

As the patellar tendon attaches from the inferior patellar pole to the tibial tuberosity, its biomechanical properties are similar to those of ligaments. It has been postulated from rabbit studies ...

and/or the inferior patellar pole (Sinding-Larsen and Johansson disease). Osteochondrosis of the primary ossification center (Köhler's disease of the patella), however, is infrequently described ...

capio.se Background Proximal patellar tendinopathy/jumper's knee (PT/JK) is well known to be difficult to treat. Recent studies using an ultrasound and colour Doppler-based treatment approach on the ...