PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME. THEY CALL IT INFRAPATELLAR TENDINITIS, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE COMMON IN MEN, BUT WOMEN CAN GET THAT AS WELL. AND THE IT BAND FRICTION SYNDROME, THAT’S ON THE SIDE OF THE ...

[44] An awareness of the saphenous nerve and its infrapatellar branch on the medial side, as well as the peroneal nerve on the lateral side, is paramount. Diagram of meniscal tear patterns ...

The problem is caused by inflammation at the point where the tendon from the lower part of the knee cap (the infrapatellar tendon) meets the top of the tibia at a bump on the front of the bone ...

Additional soft tissue structures includes fat pads, namely the anterior suprapatellar (quadriceps) fat pad, the posterior suprapatellar (prefemoral) fat pad and the infrapatellar or Hoffa's fat pad.

Cartilage is a semi-rigid, avascular connective tissue composed of chondrocytes loosely embedded in an extracellular matrix of collagen fibres, proteoglycans and other, noncollagenous proteins ...