What is knock kneed?

Knock knees is a condition in which the knees touch, but the ankles do not touch. The legs angle inward. During childhood, knock-knees usually develop to help maintain balance, and is usually corrected around age 5.

How do members experience knock kneed?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with knock kneed*

*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 knock kneed*

Who has knock kneed on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 9
40s 11
50s 2
60s 2
70+ 4

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 14
Female 21

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What is knock kneed?

Knock knees is a condition in which the knees touch, but the ankles do not touch. The legs angle inward. During childhood, knock-knees usually develop to help maintain balance, and is usually corrected around age 5.



Common symptoms reported by people with knock kneed

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 knock kneed

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Compare treatments taken by people with knock kneed

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

Got a question about living with knock kneed? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has knock kneed on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 14 say knock kneed is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 9
40s 11
50s 2
60s 2
70+ 4

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 14
Female 21

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 9
Not Diagnosed 3

These charts show data from knock kneed patients who have completed their condition history
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