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Key elements of the history is to evaluate whether the knee pain developed following trauma. If the knee pain is unrelated to trauma, acute (<6 weeks) vs chronic (>=6 weeks) pain is associated with different etiology. Evaluate if the knee pain is accompanied by effusion. Then ask patient if the pain is localized to compartment (anterior, lateral, positerior or diffuse). The knee has the largest articular surface of any joint in the body. By convention, musculoskeletal pain lasting less than 6 weeks is defined as acute, whereas pain lasting longer than 6 weeks is chronic.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, 281 Miyazao, Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan

    Mitsuyo Kinjo MD, MPH

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  1. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Elana Sydney

  2. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Eleanor Weinstein

  3. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Lisa M. Rucker

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Kinjo, M. (2018). Knee Pain. In: Sydney, E., Weinstein, E., Rucker, L. (eds) Handbook of Outpatient Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68379-9_21

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