Table 1.

Common Pathologies Leading to Anterior Knee Pain (AKP)*

Articular Cartilage Injury	Bone Tumors	Chondromalacia Patellae
Hoffa's Disease	Iliotibial (IT) Band Syndrome	Loose Bodies
Neuromas	Osgood-Schlatter Disease	Osteochondritis Dissecans
Patellar Instability/Subluxation	Patellar Stress Fracture	Patellar Tendinopathy
Patellofemoral Arthritis	Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome	Pes Anserine Bursitis
Plica Synovialis	Prepatellar Bursitis	Previous Surgery
Quadriceps Tendinopathy	Referred Pain from Lumbar Spine or Hip Joint Pathology	Saphenous Neuritis
Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome	Symptomatic Bipartite Patella

* Based on research presented by S. Dixit 2007, P. Brukner 2002, R.H. Miller 1998, J.P. Fulkerson 2000, W.E. Prentice 2001, T.A. Peters 2000, R. Khaund 2005, A. Haim 2006