Anterior knee pain syndrome.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to correlate the distribution of substance-P nerve fibres within the knee joint in 20 patients complaining of anterior knee pain syndrome, with the clinical picture, patellar motion, power of the quadriceps mechanism, and the psychological profile. A comparison was made with 2 similar groups of patients with knee problems (patients with osteoarthrosis and patients with anterior cruciate ligament rupture or meniscal lesions), and with a further group of 20 healthy volunteers. The results suggest that anterior knee pain might be a psychosomatic syndrome associated with sub-clinical patellar instability and with little if any relation to levels of physical activity.

• Authors: D Witonski
• Journal: International orthopaedics (Int Orthop) Vol. 23 Issue 6 Pg. 341-4 ( 1999) ISSN: 0341-2695 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 10741519 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Substance P

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Analysis of Variance
• Arthralgia (etiology, psychology)
• Depression (diagnosis)
• Female
• Humans
• Joint Instability (complications)
• Knee Joint (innervation, physiopathology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Personality Inventory
• Range of Motion, Articular (physiology)
• Substance P (analysis)