ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN CAUSED BY OVERACTIVITY - A LONG-TERM PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP

In a prospective study to determine the natural history of anterior kn ee pain caused by overactivity, 60 (15%) of 390 elite Israeli infantry recruits were found to have anterior pain in 77 knees during 14 weeks of basic training, At 6 years' followup, 3 years after returning to c ivilian life, half of the knees originally with anterior knee pain wer e still symptomatic, but in only 8% of the originally symptomatic knee s was the pain severe, hindering physical activity, The long term prog nosis of anterior knee pain caused by overactivity is much better than that reported previously for anterior knee pain in adolescents, but i n a small percentage of cases the pain persists at a level that may pr event participation in exertional activities.