Differential diagnosis anterior knee pain

Course Description

This focused webinar equips physiotherapists, rehabilitation therapists, and athletic trainers with the clinical reasoning skills needed to confidently assess and manage anterior knee pain. You’ll learn to accurately identify key anatomical structures, understand their functional relevance to pain, and distinguish systemic red flags through targeted history-taking. The session guides you in analysing musculoskeletal contributors using structured assessment findings to build a precise differential diagnosis. Finally, you’ll integrate evidence-based management strategies, including exercise therapy, adjunct interventions, and current clinical guidelines, to deliver effective, patient-centred care.

Course objectives:

1. Describe and locate anatomical structures of the anterior knee and explain their functional relevance to pain presentations.
2. Differentiate systemic causes through targeted history and clinical features to support effective referral.
3. Analyse musculoskeletal causes using assessment findings to form an accurate differential diagnosis.
4. Apply management strategies integrating exercise therapy, adjuncts, and current clinical guidelines.