Jumper’s knee (patellar tendinosis) is difficult to treat and sometimes brings the athlete’s career to an end. There is no conservative or surgical treatment method that can be considered to be the ...

This problem is most often seen in athletes who do repetitive jumping—the reason patellar tendonitis is often called "jumper's knee ... for an extended duration, surgery may be considered.

NEW DELHI: India's premier long jumper and Commonwealth Games medalist Murali Sreeshankar recently underwent a successful knee surgery in Doha, Qatar. The injury, which occurred during training in ...

Background The ‘jumper's knee paradox’, where symptomatic athletes appear to perform better in a counter movement jump (CMJ) compared to asymptomatic controls in previous case–control studies is not ...