The patellofemoral joint – often forgotten, erroneously unconsidered or simply misunderstood?

Up to 40% of all athletes suffer from patellofemoral disorders every season, with a high prevalence of 15-25% especially in pivoting sports [1]. It has a high risk of recurrence, might persist for a prolonged time and therefore considerably influence the athlete’s trainability and performance over his career. Exercise-related, peripatellar pain is the most frequent observed condition and usually described as anterior knee pain (AKP), or synonymously called patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). The formerly used term “chondromalacia patellae” has been shown to be misleading, and is no longer used in literature...