patellofemoral pain syndrome
MONDO:0006894Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names patellofemoral pain syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006894), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
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