An alternative viewpoint on Anterior Knee Pain

  1. INTRODUCTION: Anterior Knee Pain - a symptom complex

    A military knee surgeon explains how his experience with soldiers triggered…

  2. INTRODUCTION: Why is Anterior Knee Pain such a problem?

    Pain the front of the knee can be disabling and may occur in any age group.…

  3. CLINICAL CASES - Case 1

    Why a very fit paratrooper with anterior knee pain caught the interest of k…

  4. CLINICAL CASES - Case 2

    Dr Smallman discusses how relatively minor knee injury left an otherwise he…

  5. CLINICAL CASES - Case 3

    Dr Smallman describes how a patient with an inflammatory problem suffered w…

  6. CLINICAL CASES - Case 4

    A patient develops anterior knee pain during her adolescent growth spurt. D…

  7. CLINICAL CASES - Case 5

    The development during adolescence of anterior knee pain in a young dancer …

  8. BACKGROUND ANATOMY - Anterior compartment of the knee

    Dr Smallman discusses the anatomy of the anterior compartment of the knee w…

  9. BACKGROUND ANATOMY - The Fat Pad

    Dr Smallman explains how the fat pad was ignored for many years but has tur…

  10. BACKGROUND ANATOMY - The Infrapatellar Plica

    The ligamentum mucosum or infrapatellar plica seems to play a role in anter…

  11. BACKGROUND ANATOMY - how the fat pad and infrapatellar plica form

    Some people do not have an infrapatellar plica (ligamentum mucosum). Dr Sma…

  12. BACKGROUND PHYSIOLOGY - Kinematics of the knee

    Dr Smallman discusses the discovery that many cases of anterior knee pain a…

  13. BACKGROUND PHYSIOLOGY - Knee pain in general

    Dr Smallman discusses why the evaluation of pain in the front of the knee i…

  14. TAKEHOME MESSAGE - The surgical technique of Untethering the Fat Pad

    Dr Smallman discusses his surgical technique in some cases of anterior knee…