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Injury
- Hamstring muscle strain
- Thigh muscle strain
Fractures
- Femoral fractures (broken thighbone)
- Tibial fractures (broken shinbone)
- Growth plate fractures
- Stress fractures
Tears and instability
- Anterior cruciate ligament injuries
- Collateral ligament injuries
- Combined knee ligament injuries
- Meniscal tear
- Patellar tendon tear
- Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tear
- Quadriceps tendon tear
- Unstable kneecap
Pain syndromes
- Osgood-Schlatter disease (knee pain)
- Runner’s knee (patellofemoral pain)
- Shin splints
Diseases and syndromes
- Bowed legs
- Kneecap (prepatellar) bursitis
- Osteonecrosis of the knee
Find out more about the Knee from the Orthopaedic connection website of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
