Healthful Hints: Iliotibial band syndrome a pain in the knee Jul 29, 2008
The list of other problems to consider in the differential diagnosis includes hamstring strain, medial and lateral collateral ligament injury, cartilage injury, other muscle/fibrous tissue pain, arthritis, bursitis, patellofemoral syndrome, joint sprain, referred pain from spine and stress fracture. That s all. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Surgery Doesn't Relieve Knee-Cap Pain Dec 22, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer chronic knee pain known as patellofemoral pain syndrome are unlikely to get any more benefits from surgery than from home-based exercises, a new study suggests. Patellofemoral pain syndrome, involves chronic pain in or around the knee cap, also called the patella ... However, in the new study, Finnish researchers found no evidence that arthroscopic surgery benefited patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome any more than exercise alone. (MEDLINEplus)
Chronic Knee Pain: Is Surgery The Only Solution? Dec 14, 2007
13, 2007) The results of a study published in the online open access journal, BMC Medicine indicate that sufferers of chronic patellofemoral syndrome (PFPS), a chronic pain in the front part of the knee, gain no extra benefit from surgery ... Patellofemoral pain syndrome is often treated with arthroscopic surgery, in which equipment inserted through small incisions in the knee is used to both diagnose the cause of the problem and attempt to fix it ... Article: Knee arthroscopy and exercise... (Science Daily)
Key hole surgery no better than conservative management Dec 14, 2007
Knee arthroscopy and exercise versus exercise only for chronic patellofemoral pain syndrome: a randomized controlled trial ... Arthroscopy is often used to treat patients with chronic patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) ... The primary outcome was the Kujala score on patellofemoral pain and function at 9 months following randomization. (BioMed Central)
Kneecap problems most common Nov 14, 2007
The joint where the patella and the femur come together is called the patellofemoral joint ... In other words, the actual anatomical alignment of the patient's body can predispose their patella to track or ride a little bit more toward the outer (lateral) part of the patellofemoral joint, i.e. on the outer part of the groove in the femur where the patella sits ... There are some cartilage replacement/growing techniques, but they are usually only for small areas and notoriously don't do well in... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
When the Patient Is a GooglerA well-informed patient can be a good thing, so long as he or she's got the right kind of information Nov 9, 2007
But treating her condition, which was chronic patellofemoral pain, would test the mettle of patient and surgeon. What we have doesn't work very well nor very quickly. (Time.com)
ASK THE SPORTS DOC: KNEE NEEDS Nov 8, 2007
The knee joint has three main compartments: inner (medial), outer (lateral), and kneecap (patellofemoral). A total knee replacement involves cutting bone in all the compartments and replacing it with metal and plastic. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
Knee, hip most commonly replaced joints Jun 20, 2007
The knee actually has three compartments one on the medial (or inner side of the knee), one on the lateral (outer side of the knee) and one underneath the kneecap, i.e. the patellofemoral compartment ... Patellofemoral hemi arthroplasty to replace the neecap joint is much less common and much less successful. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Biofeedback On Abnormal Mechanics Lowers Risk For Stress Fractures, Pain Under Kneecap May 2, 2007
The two studies underway in Dr. Davis' laboratory now are with runners who were selected for the study because they were experiencing or had been identified as high risk for one of the two most common running-related injuries: tibial stress fractures (microfractures of the lower leg bone) and patellofemoral pain syndrome (pain under the kneecap) ... Dr. Davis' earlier gait mechanics studies had found that individuals with kneecap pain (patellofemoral pain syndrome) demonstrate poor hip... (Science Daily)
Do men and women diet differently? Feb 3, 2007
And the cruelest thing of all was that I had to stop running because I was getting terrible patellofemoral syndrome and had pain even walking. You know what the doctor told me. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Exercise Neither Causes Nor Prevents Knee Osteoarthritis Feb 1, 2007
Radiographs were read for osteoarthritis features in both tibiofemoral and patellofemoral compartments and were scored for tibiofemoral joint-space narrowing, using the Kellgren and Lawrence scale. Of 2,259 knees eligible for incident radiographic osteoarthritis, 215 (9. (MedPage Today)
Dr. Suzanne Tanner combines her love of athletics with a career helping others Jan 10, 2007
A: Patellofemoral pain. That refers to pain around the front of the knee at the knee cap. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
