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The origin of spontaneous peripatellar pain is still open to discussion. Many authors still assume a primary cartilage problem. Some names of the syndrome, such as “jumper’s knee”, suggest a high-pull stress aetiology. The aim of this study was to show the primarily functional character of the spontaneous peripatellar pain and subsequent chondromalacia.
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Weh, L., Eickhoff, W., Prahl, R. (1986). The aetiology of chondromalacia and peripatellar pain. In: Trickey, E.L., Hertel, P. (eds) Surgery and Arthroscopy of the Knee. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71022-3_89
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