Who first diagnosed Chondromalacia?
1928 - Büdinger 3 first described retropatellar cartilage changes, but it was Aleman 1 who introduced the term chondromalacia in 1928. Chondromalacia has been used improperly to describe the syndrome of patellofemoral pain. Articular cartilage degeneration is just one ...Büdinger first described retropatellar cartilage changes, but it was Aleman who introduced the term chondromalacia in 1928. Chondromalacia has been used improperly to describe the syndrome of patellofemoral pain. Articular cartilage degeneration is just one of the many possible causes of patellofemoral pain. Chondromalacia actually means "soft cartilage" and is a pathologic description of changes seen on articular cartilage. Many authors have developed classification (source Google Search)