Sports health
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The impetus for the use of patellar straps in the treatment of patellar tendinopathy has largely been based on empirical evidence and not on any mechanistic rationale. A computational model suggests that patellar tendinopathy may be a result of high localized tendon strains that occur at smaller patella-patellar tendon angles (PPTAs). ⋯ The use of infrapatellar straps may help prevent excessive localized tendon strains at the site of the jumper's knee lesion during a jump landing.