title: A review of knee pain in adolescent females.
abstract: Primary care practitioners are in a position to educate patients and parents about the risk factors that may increase the incidence of knee pain in adolescent females. This article highlights patellofemoral pain syndrome, Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome, Osgood-Schlatter disease, and meniscal tears.
authors.affiliation: Rachel Lipman is a Student at Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Rita Marie John is an associate professor of nursing at CUMC Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lipman
authors.forename: Rita Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D046788:Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012421:Rupture; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries