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Bilateral patellartendon rupture in a female soldier
  1. Daniel Burke1,
  2. B Down2,
  3. S Kulkarni2,3 and
  4. A Perry1
  1. 1 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley, UK
  2. 2 Milton Keynes University Hospital, Milton Keynes, UK
  3. 3 Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Flt Lt Daniel Burke, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley GU16 7UJ, UK; daniel.burke3{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001557

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    Unilateral rupture of the patellar tendon is a common knee injury. Bilateral rupture, however, is exceedingly rare. Furthermore, there have been no documented cases in women without identifiable risk factors. We present the case of a healthy 27-year-old female soldier with no significant previous medical or drug history who suffered bilateral patellar tendon ruptures during the Soldier Conditioning Review (SCR), a strength and conditioning diagnostic tool used by the British Army.

    The injury was sustained while completing 5×20 m shuttle sprints, which came after the ‘broad jump’ and the ‘seated med ball throw.’ While decelerating to turn, the patient felt extreme pain in both knees that was associated with simultaneous buckling of the knees. Examination of the patient revealed bilateral inability to straight leg raise or …

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    Footnotes

    • DB and BD contributed equally.

    • Contributors DB and BD: conceptualisation, writing original draft, editing and refining. SK: writing original draft, editing and refining. AP: supervision, editing and refining.

    • Funding This is a case study of a patient whose treatment was provided entirely by the National Health Service.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.