In most cases, it affects one or both sides of the joint between the tibia (shin bone) and the femur (thighbone). But patellofemoral arthritis, sometimes called kneecap arthritis, is different.

Patellofemoral joint replacement, a type of partial knee replacement (also known as unicompartmental knee replacement), is a surgical treatment option for individuals with knee arthritis that is ...

What Is Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome? Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFP syndrome) is pain in and around the kneecap (patella). PFP syndrome is also called "runner's knee." Rest and exercises that ...

When soccer players suffer from pain around the front of their knee, they are likely experiencing a condition known as patellofemoral pain. This pain may be caused by soft cartilage under the ...

Background Patellofemoral pain (PFP) has traditionally been viewed as self-limiting, but recent studies show that a large proportion of patients report chronic knee pain at long-term follow-up. We ...

Objective To study the long-term outcome of arthroscopy in patients with chronic patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS ... an arthroscopy group (N=28), treated with knee arthroscopy and an 8-week home ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the correlation between radiographically diagnosed osteophytes in the axial and lateral view of the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) and (1) magnetic resonance (MR) detected cartilage ...

The Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome is one of the most common disorders of the knee, characterized by pain in the frontal part of the knee, which is worsened by activities that increase compressive ...

2 Hiroshima International University, Graduate school of Medical Technology and Health Welfare Sciences, Higashi-hiroshima, Japan 3 Takarazuka University of Medical and Health Care, Department of Judo ...

Diagnosis in the affected knee of: Global osteoarthritis ... or kissing lesions within the patellofemoral compartment (described as apposing lesions in the same compartment with greater than ICRS ...