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Sports Medicine
intermediate
X-Type

Quadriceps Tendinitis MCQ

quadriceps-tendinitis

A 38-year-old recreational basketball player presents with 6 months of anterior knee pain localized to just above the patella. Pain is worse with jumping, squatting, and descending stairs. He denies locking, giving way, or swelling. Examination reveals point tenderness at the quadriceps tendon insertion onto the superior pole of the patella. Pain is reproduced with resisted knee extension from 30 degrees of flexion. There is no effusion or patellar instability. **What is the MOST likely diagnosis?**

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)

B

Quadriceps tendinopathy

C

Patellofemoral syndrome

D

Bipartite patella

E

Prepatellar bursitis

Answer the questions to see explanations

Click T (True) or F (False) for each option