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Knee pain
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Knee pain is a common complaint for many people. There are several factors that can cause knee pain. Awareness and knowledge of the causes of knee pain lead to a more accurate diagnosis. Management of knee pain is in the accurate diagnosis and effective treatment for that diagnosis. Knee pain can be either referred pain or related to the knee joint itself.

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1 Knee joint 2 Injuries 3 Diseases 4 Inflammations 5 Deformities 6 Syndromes 7 Fractures 8 Dislocations 9 Referred knee pain 10 Cold-induced 11 Knee Pain due to less physical movement 12 Other causes 13 External links 14 References

[edit] Knee joint

The knee joint consists of an articulation between four bones: the femur, tibia, fibula and patella. There are four compartments to the knee. These are the medial and lateral tibiofemoral compartments, the patellofemoral compartment and the superior tibiofibular joint. The components of each of these compartements can suffer from repetitive strain,

injury or disease. Running long distance can cause pain to the knee joint as it is high impact exercise. [1]

[edit] Injuries
Some common injuries include:

Sprain (Ligament sprain) o Medial collateral ligament o Lateral collateral ligament o Anterior cruciate ligament o Posterior cruciate ligament Tear of meniscus o Medial meniscus o Lateral meniscus Strain (Muscle strain) o Quadriceps muscles o Hamstring muscles o Popliteal muscle o Patellar tendon o Hamstring tendon o Popliteal tendon Hemarthrosis. Hemarthrosis tends to develop over a relatively short period after injury, from several minutes to a few hours.[2]

[edit] Diseases
Some of the diseases of cause of knee pain include:

Knee osteoarthritis Chondromalacia patella Baker's cyst Meniscal cyst Discoid meniscus Osgood-Schlatter disease Larsen-Johansson disease Knee rheumatoid arthritis Osteochondritis dissecans disease Synovial chondromatosis disease Tumors Ankylosing spondylitis Reiter's syndrome Tuberculosis arthritis Septic arthritis (Pyogenic arthritis) Osteomyelitis Hemophilic arthritis

Gout (Gouty arthritis)

[edit] Inflammations

Bursitis of the knee o Prepatellar bursitis - Housemaid's knee (most common) o Infrapatellar bursitis - Clergyman's knee (Superficial infrapatellar bursitis and Deep infrapatellar bursitis) o Semimembranosus bursitis Tendinitis o Patellar tendinitis (Jumper's knee) o Hamstring tendinitis o Popliteal tendinitis Synovitis of the knee

[edit] Deformities
Common deformities of the knee include:

Genu varum Genu valgum Genu recurvatum (Knee hyperextension) Knee flexion deformity Bipartite patella

[edit] Syndromes

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (Runner's knee) Plica syndrome Iliotibial band syndrome

[edit] Fractures

Femoral fracture Tibial fracture Patella fracture

[edit] Dislocations

Patella dislocation Knee joint dislocation (Tibiofemoral joint dislocation)

[edit] Referred knee pain

Referred pain is that pain perceived at a site different from its point of origin but innervated by the same spinal segment.[3] Sometimes knee pain may be related to another area from body. For example, knee pain can come from ankle, foot, hip joints or lumbar spine. See also: Referred pain

[edit] Cold-induced
A Chinese study concluded that knee pain is significantly more prevalent in people working in cold stores than in those in normal temperature.[4] One study came to the conclusion that 17% of adolescents with anterior knee pain (a common but benign self-limiting condition) report that their pain is associated with cold weather.[5] The same study indicated that the main activities associated with anterior knee pain are sporting, stair climbing and walking, but also sitting.[5] Some people with anterior knee pain tend to have generally colder knees, and such people also trend towards having to wear extra tights/long johns in the winter.[6] Cold-induced knee pain may also be due to tenosynovitis of the tendons around the knee, in which cold exposure has a specific role, either as a causative or a contributing factor.[4] Frank arthritis has been reported in children due to frostbite from extreme cold causing direct chondrocyte injury.[7] There is also a hereditary disease, familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), which often features knee pain, in addition to hives, fever and pain in other joints, following general exposure to cold.[8] Cold weather also aggravates knee pain in patients already having osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia.[9]

[edit] Knee Pain due to less physical movement

Lower level of physical activity and a work environment where one is required to sit in a chair during the work day is one reason for developing knee joint pain, as the lower degree of physical movement tends to weaken the knee muscles. Blood vessels also can be affected, leading to development of painful conditions. As age progresses the movement of the knee joint involves higher friction with adjacent tissue and cartilages.

[edit] Other causes

Ligamentous laxity Fat pad impingement Knee effusion Deep vein thrombosis Peripheral vascular disease

[edit] External links

William C. Shiel Jr., M.D., "Knee Pain" article on medicine.net

[edit] References
1. ^ Buckwalter, J.A. and Lane N.E., (1997) The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 25(6), pp.873-881 2. ^ Darlene Hertling and Randolph M.Kessler. Management of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders. Third Edition. ISBN 0-397-55150-9 3. ^ Carol Mattson Porth. Pathophysiology:concepts of altered health states. Publisher:Lippincott. Third Edition. Page 853. ISBN 0-397-54723-4 4. ^ a b Pienimki, T (2002). "Cold exposure and musculoskeletal disorders and diseases. A review". International journal of circumpolar health 61 (2): 17382. PMID 12078965.edit [1] 5. ^ a b [2] Sandow, MJ; Goodfellow, JW (1985). "The natural history of anterior knee pain in adolescents". The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume 67 (1): 368. PMID 3968140.edit 6. ^ Selfe, J.; Sutton, C.; Hardaker, N. J.; Greenhalgh, S.; Karki, A.; Dey, P. (2010). "Anterior knee pain and cold knees: A possible association in women". The Knee 17 (5): 319. doi:10.1016/j.knee.2009.10.005. PMID 19884010.Text "19884010" ignored (help) edit 7. ^ Carrera, G. F.; Kozin, F.; McCarty, D. J. (1979). "Arthritis after frostbite injury in children". Arthritis & Rheumatism 22: 1082. doi:10.1002/art.1780221006.Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE DATA: doi= ignored (help) edit 8. ^ clinicaltrials.gov > Pathogenesis of Physical Induced Urticarial Syndromes National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC), December 2010 9. ^ Arthritis Special Report - Does Weather Affect Arthritis Pain? From Johns Hopkins Health Alerts, Johns Hopkins Hospital