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The patellofemoral pain syndrome (anterior knee pain) is very common in the general population. It is often seen in young people who are very physically active in competitive and recreational sports and more often in teenage girls and young women. However, it is also very frequent in young people sustaining sedentary work (white collars or students). Patellar malalignment and instability with or without articular cartilage lesions in the patellofemoral joint are usually the source of pain. Articular cartilage injuries are very common in this patient group. Hielle et al. found that 17 % of patients having an arthroscopy had an articular cartilage injury located in the patella or trochlea [1]. Nomura et al. also found 35 patients with severe articular cartilage injuries of the patella in 37 patients with a first-time acute patellar dislocation [2].
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Peterson, L., Vasiliadis, H.S. (2014). Cartilage Lesions of the Patellofemoral Joint: Long-Term Results After Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. In: Gobbi, A., Espregueira-Mendes, J., Nakamura, N. (eds) The Patellofemoral Joint. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54965-6_29
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