Participants and study design
pain, knee pain, fractures, tenderness, chronic knee joint disease
BLEEDING DISORDERS, JOINT INFLAMMATION
Patients were included if they met the following criteria: participants of either gender between the age of 18–45 years with confirmed diagnosis of jumper’s knee i.e.: tender patellar tendon, palpation tenderness of the inferior patellar pole for more than one month, the knee pain intensity measured during two activities: score of 3 or more on VAS during stair climbing up and down and high pain intensity of 4 or above during single leg decline squat test and score of 60–80 on VISA-P questionnaire and were included in the study.Participants were excluded if they had undergone knee surgery within the previous six months, had chronic knee joint disease, knee corticosteroid injections within the previous three months, presence of implants, knee joint inflammation, calcific deposits in the proximal patellar tendon, a history of known knee fractures, any bleeding disorders, or had used opioids within the previous three months.