[Knee tendinopathies and sports practice]

Knee tendinosis are frequent in sports practice. They are often in relation with sports gesture. Chronic patellar tendinosis are found so more often at the specialist's of jump (athletics and collective sports). The tendinopathies of the tensor of the fascia lata are more often diagnosed at the runner's, while the tendinopathies of the biceps or the harmstrings concern more frequently cyclists. The clinical examination allows to precise the sport concerned, to make the diagnosis, and to look for abnormalities of the morphotype or technical errors. Imaging must be envisaged in a second time (ethnography or MRI). The early treatment is mostly medical, including modifications of sports gesture associated with adapted rehabilitation programs.