What Is Jumper's Knee? Jumper's knee is an injury of the patellar tendon. The patellar tendon is the cord-like tissue that joins the patella (kneecap) to the tibia (shinbone). Jumper's knee is an ...

The patellar tendon, like other tendons, is made of tough, fibrous bands of tissue. The tendon is surrounded by a vascular tissue lining that provides nutrition to the tendon. Patellar tendonitis ...

The resistance band was provided to each participant ... was advised for activities that result in considerable patellar tendon pain, namely either significantly reduced or even avoided for at least 4 ...

Objective: Patellar tendinopathy has been reported to be associated with many intrinsic risk factors. Few have been fully investigated. This cross-sectional study examined the anthropometric and ...

The patellar tendon is the band-like tissue that connects the bottom of the patella to the tibia (shin bone). Iliotibial band ...

This is tendinitis. The Achilles tendon is a thick band of tissue attaching the heel to the calf muscle. This tendon helps a person walk, run, and jump and endures a great deal of stress.

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, discusses the top causes of knee pain, and how to get lasting, and ...

The patient underwent short proximal femoral nailing for intertrochanteric fracture, open reduction and internal fixation with plating for distal femur fracture and patellar tendon repair through ...

To test the hypothesis that a template system for harvesting bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) would cause fewer postoperative patellofemoral problems than freehand graft harvests, two groups of 20 ...