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Table 1 Common Pathologies Leading to Anterior Knee Pain (AKP)*

From: Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS): a systematic review of anatomy and potential risk factors

Articular Cartilage Injury

Bone Tumors

Chondromalacia Patellae

Hoffa's Disease

Iliotibial (IT) Band Syndrome

Loose Bodies

Neuromas

Osgood-Schlatter Disease

Osteochondritis Dissecans

Patellar Instability/Subluxation

Patellar Stress Fracture

Patellar Tendinopathy

Patellofemoral Arthritis

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Pes Anserine Bursitis

Plica Synovialis

Prepatellar Bursitis

Previous Surgery

Quadriceps Tendinopathy

Referred Pain from Lumbar Spine or Hip Joint Pathology

Saphenous Neuritis

Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome

Symptomatic Bipartite Patella

 
  1. * Based on research presented by S. Dixit 2007, P. Brukner 2002, R.H. Miller 1998, J.P. Fulkerson 2000, W.E. Prentice 2001, T.A. Peters 2000, R. Khaund 2005, A. Haim 2006