What Is Plica Syndrome?

Plica syndrome is essentially an inflammed plica. Your plica can catch during:

• repetitive knee straightening and bending,
• blunt trauma or knee twisting,
• fat pad irritation,
• altered knee motion,
• internal knee derangements eg meniscal tears. (Schindler 2004)

This is particularly the case if you have experienced persistent pain and weakness in the quadriceps muscles. 

Plica syndrome often does not always occur in isolation, but concurrently with other knee conditions such as:

• Meniscal injuries
• Patellar tendonitis 
• Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease

More information about:

• Knee Pain
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Knee Ligament Injuries
• Knee Arthritis

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