Diseases

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

A syndrome characterized by retropatellar or peripatellar PAIN resulting from physical and biochemical changes in the patellofemoral joint. The pain is most prominent when ascending or descending stairs, squatting, or sitting with flexed knees. There is a lack of consensus on the etiology and treatment. The syndrome is often confused with (or accompanied by) CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE, the latter describing a pathological condition of the CARTILAGE and not a syndrome.

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A syndrome characterized by retropatellar or peripatellar PAIN resulting from physical and biochemical changes in the patellofemoral joint. The pain is most prominent when ascending or descending stairs, squatting, or sitting with flexed knees. There is a lack of consensus on the etiology and treatment. The syndrome is often confused with (or accompanied by) CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE, the latter describing a pathological condition of the CARTILAGE and not a syndrome.

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6 entry terms
  • Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome
  • Patellofemoral Syndrome
  • Pain Syndrome, Patellofemoral
  • Patellofemoral Pain
  • Pain, Patellofemoral
  • Patellofemoral Pains

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2005

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  • Knee Joint (1982-2004)
  • Syndrome (1984-2004)

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  1. C05w.550w.700w

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WE 870

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D046788. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D046788
  2. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patellofemoral_pain_syndrome
  3. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144437