What is jumper’s knee? (Patellar tendinitis)
January 26, 2023What is IT band syndrome?
February 1, 2023Yes, loose bodies are usually pieces of bone or cartilage tissue that freely floats in the knee joint fluid
Reasons: 1 trauma – injuries to knee results in breakdown of small fragments of bone or cartilage
That falls and freely floats in joint
- Broken osteophytes due to wear and tear of joint
- Disease called synovial chondromatosis results in formation of lot of nodules of cartilage
Which eventually becomes loose bodies
Symptoms include
Feeling of something moving in the joint
Pain and swelling of knee
Catching or locking of knee
Solution is surgical removal of loose body
