This pain may be caused by soft cartilage under the kneecap (patella ... result when soccer players strain their patellar tendon, which connects the kneecap to the lower leg bone, the quadricep ...

About one in four adults experience chronic knee pain, though its prevalence continues to rise—even among younger people, ...

What Is Jumper’s Knee? Jumper’s knee refers to pain in the patellar tendon, which is located below your kneecap (patella). Doctors also call the condition patellar tendonitis. If the pain ...

Patellar tendinopathy refers to the patellar tendon, which sits below the kneecap (patella ... the tendon is constantly ...

Where it hurts: Patellar tendinitis causes pain below the knee in the patellar tendon which connects the kneecap and shin. This tendon is what allows you to fully extend your knee. What causes it ...

From February 1994 to October 1996, 15 consecutive patients had primary repair of a ruptured patellar tendon with early range ... a history of inferior knee pain before the injury; however ...

All patients were involved in patellar tendon loading sports or recreational activities, and had had a long duration of pain symptoms from the proximal ... Arthroscopy was performed under local ...

People of different ages with tendons under diverse loads present with varying ... most tendon pathology and pain arise at the tendon attachment to bone, such as the patellar tendon, medial and ...