Knee injuries in tennis

Clin Sports Med. 1988 Apr;7(2):435-52.

Abstract

Racquet sports involve sharp, side-to-side movements and impose significant valgus and rotatory stresses on the knee. Most knee injuries are indirect as a result of these acute stresses and overuse. Some of the more common racquet sport injuries include tennis leg, jumper's knee, patello-femoral pain, meniscal injuries, bursitis, and tendinitis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bursitis / physiopathology
  • Bursitis / therapy
  • Cumulative Trauma Disorders / physiopathology
  • Cumulative Trauma Disorders / therapy
  • Exercise Therapy / methods
  • Humans
  • Knee Injuries* / physiopathology
  • Knee Injuries* / therapy
  • Patella / injuries
  • Sports*
  • Tendinopathy / physiopathology
  • Tendinopathy / therapy
  • Tennis*
  • Tibial Meniscus Injuries