Lateral patellar dislocation is a common cause of anterior knee pain and instability especially in young athletes. Several ligaments, the action of muscles and the shape of the trochlear groove act as ...

Dysplasia with a trochlear bump and patella alta are risk factors for instability after MPFL reconstruction. Patient age, sex and tibial tubercle to trochlear groove distance were not linked with ...

Listen in to Andrew Cosgarea, an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and professor of orthopaedic surgery, as he shares the ongoing studies of patellar instability at Johns Hopkins ...

Knee instability in women often due to patellar subluxation causes discomfort Learn about causes symptoms and prevention tips for healthy knees ...

without distalization yielded similar postoperative outcomes for patients with patellofemoral instability, malalignment and patella alta. According to the study, the techniques yielded ...

However, in more severe cases of patellar instability the knee must be surgically reconstructed and an orthopedic surgeon’s opinion is extremely helpful in this case. When a patient for instance ...

Introduction The purpose of the current study was to evaluate important aspect of interpretability (floor and ceiling effects) for the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) in patients ...

The patellar tendon connects the kneecap (the patella) to the shinbone. This is part of the "extensor mechanism" of the knee. Together with the kneecap, quadriceps tendon, and the quadriceps muscle, ...

A dog with a luxating patella has a patella that sometimes pops out of the groove, ‘locking’ the knee and causing pain or instability. This happens because the groove is too shallow ...

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