Retropatellar knee pain and chondropathy patella
Hohmeister, R.
Fortschritte der Medizin 100(22): 1033-1040
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-8178 PMID: 7106668 Document Number: 184607
The phenomenon of the painful knee occurring at the patellofemoral joint of the adolescent knee is known as chondromalacia patellae. The constellation of signs and symptoms that fall with in the generally accepted criteria for this diagnosis may well cover more than one pathologic process. Chondromalacia patellae is a term descriptive of changes present on the patellar articular surface and not a single pathologic entity.