According to Dr. Manish Patel, principal medical practitioner in the offices of Southampton Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center, on the campus of Southampton Memorial Hospital, this could well be the case.
In an article on the tidewater news.com website he says that “If the quadriceps tendon is weak, this can cause the kneecap to have higher pressures when the knee bends. This in turn can cause pain in the front of the knee and can cause cartilage problems on the surface of the kneecap called chondromalacia of the patella.”
By strengthening the quadriceps we can help to reduce this pain. He suggests that instead of running, a stationary exercise bicycle or elliptical machine would be a better bet.
You can read the full article here.
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