Efficacy of conservative treatments for anterior knee pain with chondromalacia patella

Chondromalacia of patella (CMP) is a condition in which cartilages under patella and underlying surface soften and tear resulting in anterior knee pain that worsens especially while flexing and climbing stairs. Conservative treatments can delay or prevent the need of surgical interventions. The prim...

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Published in:	Journal of medical and scientific research (Online) Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 257 - 261
Main Authors:	Anand AR, Naveen K, Kumar MA, Rauniyar S, Kalyan HK
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	KIMS Foundation and Research Center 02-07-2024
Subjects:	anterior knee pain chondromalacia patella conservative treatments knee flexion kneeling ability
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Summary:	Chondromalacia of patella (CMP) is a condition in which cartilages under patella and underlying surface soften and tear resulting in anterior knee pain that worsens especially while flexing and climbing stairs. Conservative treatments can delay or prevent the need of surgical interventions. The prime objective of this paper is to demonstrate the efficacy of certain conservative treatments for symptomatic relief from anterior knee pain due to CMP on a single case. A 45-year-old male diagnosed to have symptomatic CMP of grade-IV with anterior knee pain in both the legs sequentially and difficulty in flexion and climbing stairs has been treated conservatively with nutraceutical supplement, physical rehabilitation, and combined platelet rich plasma (PRP) and hyaluronic acid (HA) intra-articular (IA) injections. Knee flexion angle (KFA) and kneeling ability score (KAS) are considered as clinical evaluation parameters for demonstrating the efficacy of the conservative treatments. The conservative treatments with collagen peptide nutraceutical supplement and rehabilitation exercises for the right knee and the same along with combined PRP and HA IA injections for the left knee sequentially are found to be effective in symptomatic relief from the knee pain to a great extent with significant improvement in the knee joint flexibility as demonstrated on a single case. Thus, the treatments are remarkable for significant alleviation of the knee pain and improvement in the knee joint flexibility.
ISSN:	2321-1326 2394-112X
DOI:	10.17727/JMSR.2024/12-48