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INTRODUCTION: Anterior Knee Pain - a symptom complex
A military knee surgeon explains how his experience with soldiers triggered…
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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.…
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CLINICAL CASES - Case 1
Why a very fit paratrooper with anterior knee pain caught the interest of k…
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CLINICAL CASES - Case 2
Dr Smallman discusses how relatively minor knee injury left an otherwise he…
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CLINICAL CASES - Case 3
Dr Smallman describes how a patient with an inflammatory problem suffered w…
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CLINICAL CASES - Case 4
A patient develops anterior knee pain during her adolescent growth spurt. D…
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CLINICAL CASES - Case 5
The development during adolescence of anterior knee pain in a young dancer …
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BACKGROUND ANATOMY - Anterior compartment of the knee
Dr Smallman discusses the anatomy of the anterior compartment of the knee w…
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BACKGROUND ANATOMY - The Fat Pad
Dr Smallman explains how the fat pad was ignored for many years but has tur…
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BACKGROUND ANATOMY - The Infrapatellar Plica
The ligamentum mucosum or infrapatellar plica seems to play a role in anter…
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BACKGROUND ANATOMY - how the fat pad and infrapatellar plica form
Some people do not have an infrapatellar plica (ligamentum mucosum). Dr Sma…
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BACKGROUND PHYSIOLOGY - Kinematics of the knee
Dr Smallman discusses the discovery that many cases of anterior knee pain a…
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BACKGROUND PHYSIOLOGY - Knee pain in general
Dr Smallman discusses why the evaluation of pain in the front of the knee i…
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TAKEHOME MESSAGE - The surgical technique of Untethering the Fat Pad
Dr Smallman discusses his surgical technique in some cases of anterior knee…