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Meniscal, plica, patellar, and patellofemoral injuries of the knee: updates, controversies and advancements. 2013

Vincent Morelli, and Thomas Mark Braxton

Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA. morellivincent@yahoo.com

In athletes, meniscus tears and cysts, patellar tendonitis, patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), and plica are common injuries. Meniscus tears are usually best treated by partial meniscectomy. Up to 90% of patients with patellar tendonitis can be successfully treated conservatively with expectation of good results. Nonoperative treatment of PFPS, properly focused on the causative factors, can be expected to be successful in most cases. For plica, most physicians recommend a trial of conservative therapy for at least 6 to 8 weeks, followed perhaps by a steroid injection, and ultimately, if symptoms persist, surgery.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007718	Knee Injuries	Injuries to the knee or the knee joint.	Injuries, Knee,Injury, Knee,Knee Injury
D008592	Menisci, Tibial	The interarticular fibrocartilages of the superior surface of the tibia.	Lateral Menisci,Medial Menisci,Menisci, Lateral,Menisci, Medial,Semilunar Cartilages,Tibial Menisci,Meniscus, Medial,Meniscus, Tibial,Tibial Meniscus,Cartilage, Semilunar,Cartilages, Semilunar,Lateral Meniscus,Medial Meniscus,Meniscus, Lateral,Semilunar Cartilage
D010329	Patella	The flat, triangular bone situated at the anterior part of the KNEE.	Knee Cap,Kneecap,Knee Caps,Kneecaps,Patellas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000070600	Tibial Meniscus Injuries	Injuries to the TIBIAL MENISCUS of the leg.	Bucket Handle Tears,Flap Tears,Tibial Meniscus Tears,Torn Tibial Meniscus,Bucket Handle Tear,Flap Tear,Injuries, Tibial Meniscus,Injury, Tibial Meniscus,Meniscus Injuries, Tibial,Meniscus Injury, Tibial,Meniscus Tear, Tibial,Meniscus Tears, Tibial,Meniscus, Torn Tibial,Tear, Tibial Meniscus,Tears, Flap,Tears, Tibial Meniscus,Tibial Meniscus Injury,Tibial Meniscus Tear,Tibial Meniscus, Torn
D001265	Athletic Injuries	Injuries incurred during participation in competitive or non-competitive sports.	Sports Injuries,Injuries, Athletic,Injuries, Sports,Athletic Injury,Injury, Athletic,Injury, Sports,Sports Injury
D046788	Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome	A syndrome characterized by retropatellar or peripatellar PAIN resulting from physical and biochemical changes in the patellofemoral joint. The pain is most prominent when ascending or descending stairs, squatting, or sitting with flexed knees. There is a lack of consensus on the etiology and treatment. The syndrome is often confused with (or accompanied by) CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE, the latter describing a pathological condition of the CARTILAGE and not a syndrome.	Patellofemoral Pain,Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome,Patellofemoral Syndrome,Pain Syndrome, Patellofemoral,Pain, Patellofemoral,Patellofemoral Pains
D026741	Physical Therapy Modalities	Therapeutic modalities frequently used in PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY by PHYSICAL THERAPISTS or physiotherapists to promote, maintain, or restore the physical and physiological well-being of an individual.	Physical Therapy,Physiotherapy (Techniques),Group Physiotherapy,Neurological Physiotherapy,Neurophysiotherapy,Physical Therapy Techniques,Group Physiotherapies,Modalities, Physical Therapy,Modality, Physical Therapy,Physical Therapies,Physical Therapy Modality,Physical Therapy Technique,Physiotherapies (Techniques),Physiotherapies, Group,Physiotherapy, Group,Physiotherapy, Neurological,Techniques, Physical Therapy,Therapy, Physical