Jumper's knee is an overuse disease. The initial subjective complaints are well‐localized
pain, usually occurring after physical activities and often at the lower pole of the patella. The …

Jumper's knee has been defined as painful chronic overuse injury of the extensor
mechanism of the knee joint. The disease has a high incidence in jumping sports and …

OBJECTIVES: Jumper's knee causes significant morbidity in athletes of all standards.
However, there are few reference data on the clinical course of this condition in a large …

" Jumper's knee" or patellar tendinitis was first described in an article by Blazina in 1973. He
noted an increasing incidence of peripatellar tendinitis, affecting either the quadriceps …

Twenty-five patients, aged between 15 and 45 years old, who were athletically active,
presented with jump er's knee (patellar tendinitis). By use of ultrasono graphic examination …

Background: Little information is available on the long-term outcome of jumper's knee, a
common problem among athletes. Purpose: Our aim was to determine the 15-year …

Background The prevalence of jumper's knee across different sports has not been
examined, and it is not known if there is a gender difference. Data from surgical case series …

Jumper's knee is a typical functional overload injury because it affects those athletes who
submit their knee extensor mechanisms to intense and repeated stress, eg volleyball and …

We have reviewed the clinical records and the results of conservative and surgical treatment
of 125 out of 172 cases of Jumper's Knee followed for at least 2 years since the onset of …

SUMMARY “Jumper's knee”(patellar or quadriceps tendinitis) appears to be increasing in
incidence in both athletic and recreational activities. The clinical and therapeutic aspects of …