Conservative treatment and knee braces may be enough for people who don't demand quite so much from their knees. Description. Both the quadriceps and patellar tendons can tear (rupture), either ...

In rare cases, without treatment, there’s a higher chance of tearing your patellar tendon. This can happen when you continue to use your knee while in pain. Before competing, sport-specific ...

Results: Seven articles describing the effectiveness of ESWT on patellar tendinopathy, all published after 2000, were included. These studies included a total of 283 patients (298 tendons), 204 of ...

2 Sports Medicine Unit, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden 3 Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, University of ...

Tendonitis of the patellar (knee) tendon ... and begin the right treatment. Seek immediate attention if you experience symptoms of a fracture or an ACL injury, such as a loud pop or "popping ...

From February 1994 to October 1996, 15 consecutive patients had primary repair of a ruptured patellar tendon with early range of motion initiated postoperatively. During the study period ...