Clinical examination of the patellofemoral joint

Abstract

The diagnosis of patellofemoral joint disorders is challenging for orthopaedic surgeons on the account of complicated pathophysiology that underlies them. The origin of patellofemoral symptoms is generally multifactorial, and therefore the clinical examination should take into account the patient as a whole, and meticulous attention must be drawn to the history, morphology and clinical examination to have a definitive diagnosis and address the patient's pathology. It should be remembered that a proper therapeutic approach can only be engineered with a thorough analysis of the patients' disorder.