Jumper's knee
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Jumper's knee is a chronic insertional injury of the posterior and proximal fibres of the patellapatellar tendon, at the site of its origin at the inferior pole of the patella.
Many authorsconsider jumper's knee to be the adult form of Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease 1 . Some suggest instead that jumper's knee is a mid-substance patellar tendinopathy.
-<p><strong>Jumper's knee</strong> is a chronic insertional injury of the posterior and proximal fibres of the patella tendon, at the site of its origin at the inferior pole of the patella.</p><p>Many authors<sup> </sup>consider jumper's knee to be the adult form of <a href="/articles/sinding-larsen-johansson-disease">Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease</a> <sup>1</sup> . Some suggest instead that jumper's knee is a mid-substance patellar tendinopathy.</p>- +<p><strong>Jumper's knee</strong> is a chronic insertional injury of the posterior and proximal fibres of the patellar tendon at the site of its origin at the inferior pole of the <a title="Patella" href="/articles/patella">patella</a>.</p><p>Many authors<sup> </sup>consider jumper's knee to be the adult form of <a href="/articles/sinding-larsen-johansson-disease">Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease</a> <sup>1</sup> . Some suggest instead that jumper's knee is a mid-substance patellar tendinopathy.</p>