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 ...

sport.umcg.nl Background and purpose: Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (EWST) has become a popular treatment for patellar tendinopathy. The purpose of this review was to study the effectiveness of ...

Professor Irene Davis from the Harvard Medical School, USA spoke on ‘Alignment and loading: global indicators for patellofemoral pain’. Professor Paul Hodges from the University of Queensland, ...

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, ...

Further qualitative research may be warranted on the impact and interpretation of medical terminology commonly used with this patient group, for example, ‘weakness’ and ‘patellar mal-tracking’ and its ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the correlation between radiographically diagnosed osteophytes in the axial and lateral view of the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) and (1) magnetic resonance (MR) detected cartilage ...