Patellar tendinitis
Overuse injury - Jumper’s Knee
A cause of anterior knee pain
Patellar tendon - young athlete
Quadriceps tendon - older athlete
Notes:
About the knee the patellar tendon degenerates in many sporting activities eg long jump. Tenderness is over the inferior pole of the patella in the young athlete. In the older athlete the quadriceps tendon superior to the patella is the more common area for tendonosis.