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.
Year introduced: 2005
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Tree Number(s): C05.550.700
MeSH Unique ID: D046788
Entry Terms:
- Pain Syndrome, Patellofemoral
- Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome
- Patellofemoral Syndrome
- Patellofemoral Pain
- Pain, Patellofemoral
- Patellofemoral Pains
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