Abstract
Quadriceps and patellar tendinopathies are known as “jumper’s knee,” similarly following a tradition of reference to the etiology of a pathology, such as “tennis elbow” or “thrower’s shoulder.”
Even though patellar tendinopathy had already been described in Italy (Maurizio, Arch Soc Tosco Umbra Chir 24:443–452, 1963), the term “jumper’s knee” was due to a study published in 1973 by Blazina et al. (Orthop Clin North Am 4(3):665–678, 1973), one of the coworkers of the famous physician Frank Jobe, Chief of the Sports Medicine Center in Inglewood (California, USA), located near the sports center where the prestigious Los Angeles Lakers team now plays. Successively, many other studies have focused on this so far unclear pathology which deserves to be known by sports physicians who, considering the frequency of this pathology in some types of players, will have to face this pathology during their career.
In this chapter, we will discuss the different aspects of patellar and quadriceps pathologies according to the most recent experiences and the newest types of treatments.
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Ferretti, A., Vadala, A.P. (2016). Patellar and Quadriceps Tendinopathy. In: Volpi, P. (eds) Arthroscopy and Sport Injuries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14815-1_11
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