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A 28-year-old female who practiced athletics came to our office with a history of severe left anterior knee pain (AKP) (VAS 8) of 1 year of evolution. Pain onset was secondary to a direct traumatism of the knee from playing football. She had great difficulty driving because of the pain caused upon engaging the clutch, going downstairs, wearing high heels, and sitting with the knee bent for a long period of time (positive “movie sign”). The psychological evaluation that we routinely perform on our patients with AKP did not indicate anxiety or depression. She had kinesiophobia, catastrophizing and central sensitization. Imaging studies of the knee (X-rays, CT and MRI) were normal. The mechanical axis of the lower limb was normal.
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Sanchis-Alfonso, V., Tey-Pons, M., Monllau, J.C. (2023). Case # 3: Severe Anterior Knee Pain Recalcitrant to Conservative Treatment in a Patient with Functional Femoral Retrotorsion. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (eds) Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09767-6_44
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