No acute trauma, but abrupt onset or increase in pain Presence of ligamentous instability strongly suggests traumatic injury and is NOT consistent with the diagnoses listed below Effusion may be present | ||||
Anterior knee pain | Medial knee pain | Generalized knee pain | Lateral knee pain | Posterior knee pain |
Patellofemoral pain syndrome | Pes anserine bursitis or tendinopathy | Osteoarthritis flare | Iliotibial band syndrome | Ruptured popliteal (Bakers) cyst |
Patellar tendinopathy | Degenerative meniscus | Degenerative meniscus | Degenerative meniscus | Semimembranosus-gastrocnemius bursitis |
Quadriceps tendinopathy | Medial hamstring tendinopathy or bursitis | Lateral hamstring (biceps femoris) tendinopathy | ||
Prepatellar or infrapatellar bursitis | Medial plica syndrome | Popliteus tendinopathy | ||
Osgood Schlatter or Sinding Larsen Johansson syndrome |
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