Question: I-test: a gymnast with anterior knee pain: not a typical case of jumper's knee
- Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Correspondence to Laura Susan Kox, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Borgerstraat 129D, Amsterdam 1053 PG, The Netherlands; laurakox{at}hotmail.com
- Accepted 7 January 2013
- Published Online First 31 January 2013
Case summary
A 21-year-old male professional trampoline gymnast consulted his physician to evaluate his activity-related anterior knee pain, present since 4 weeks. The most likely diagnosis was patellar tendinopathy, often termed jumper's knee. However, his symptoms did not match this diagnosis since the pain was located in the proximal part of the left knee with weakness, instability when standing up and …
