What is knee injury?

The knee is made up of bone, muscle, tendons, cartilage, ligaments and fluid. When any of these structures are injured you can have knee problems. Knee problems may cause pain and decreased range of motion.

How do members experience knee injury?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with knee injury*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for knee injury*

Who has knee injury on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 7
20s 34
30s 105
40s 101
50s 156
60s 184
70+ 104

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 248
Female 420

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What is knee injury?

The knee is made up of bone, muscle, tendons, cartilage, ligaments and fluid. When any of these structures are injured you can have knee problems. Knee problems may cause pain and decreased range of motion.



Common symptoms reported by people with knee injury

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for knee injury

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Compare treatments taken by people with knee injury

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have knee injury through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with knee injury? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has knee injury on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 4 new patients joined this month
  • 349 say knee injury is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 7
20s 34
30s 105
40s 101
50s 156
60s 184
70+ 104

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 248
Female 420

These charts show data from knee injury patients who have completed their condition history
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