Patellar Subluxation Syndrome is an injury that is concerned with the kneecap. Patellar subluxation is more common than patellar dislocation and is just as disabling.
Here, the patella repetitively subluxates and places strain on the medial restraints and excessive stress/tension on the patellofemoral joint. Symptoms are regulated by the amount of activity. Such pain is commonly caused by running and jumping sports and activities that place large forces on the patellofemoral joint.
Patellar subluxation was once thought to occur mainly in women, due to the frequency of genu valgum and lax ligaments. However, now the frequency of this condition in any athletic person, man or woman, is apparent.
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