What is chondromalacia patellae

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My grandmother refused to go out recently. I asked why she told me. Because she felt delicious when climbing stairs, especially when she went up and down stairs, she felt knee pain was very severe. So I took her to see a doctor and diagnosed it as chondromalacia patellae. Today, let me learn from you what is called chondromalacia patellae.

What is chondromalacia patellae

First, chondromalacia patellae is a kind of osteoarthrosis of patellofemoral joint, which is caused by swelling, cracking, breakage, erosion of cartilage, and shedding of chondromalacia patellae after chronic injury of cartilage patellae. Finally, the opposite femoral condyle cartilage also has the same pathological changes.

Second: chondromalacia patellae mostly occurs in young adults, and most of them have obvious trauma history, or have chronic accumulated small injury. The main symptoms are pain behind the patella of knee joint, with different severity. Generally speaking, the symptoms of walking on flat ground are not obvious. The pain is aggravated after squatting, standing up, going up and down stairs, going up and down slope, or walking a long distance.

Third: chondromalacia patellae is a degenerative change caused by cartilage injury of patella, including a series of symptoms caused by cartilage swelling, fragmentation, shedding and corrosion. The etiology of the disease is not clear, so there are many theories about the etiology of the disease.

matters needing attention

Patella softening can need quadriceps exercise, can enhance the stability of the knee joint, can reduce pain, of course, we can only do some simple rehabilitation exercise to help relieve symptoms, must avoid strenuous exercise, so as not to cause more serious harm.