Anterior Cruciate Ligament Allograft Reconstruction Outcome Independent of Patient’s Age by Parimal Rana, Jane Brennan, Anagh Astavans, Sneha Kuppireddy, Christina Morganti, Benjamin M Petre, Andrea Johnson, Justin J Turcotte, Daniel Redziniak

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Pain Reduction in Patellofemoral Knee Patients During 3-Month Intervention with Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Foot Orthoses: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study by Steven Simon, Andreas Heine, Jonas Dully, Carlo Dindorf, Oliver Ludwig, Michael Fröhlich, Stephan Becker

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Ultrasound Measurement of Lateral Patellar Displacement: A Cadaveric Validation Study by Lok Yin Ada Kwan, Alban Killingback, Philip J Adds

“… # Purpose/Hypothesis The aim of this study was to validate the use of ultrasound to measure lateral displacement of the patella, by comparing the position of the patella as measured first by ultrasound, and then by direct measurement…”
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Superior Patellar Dislocation Misdiagnosed as Patellar Tendon Rupture: The Value of Ultrasonography by Artit Boonrod, Sermsak Sumanont, Manusak Boonard, Arunnit Boonrod

“…Superior dislocation of the patella with intact patellar tendon is a rare condition. …”
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Effect of Early Period of Postoperative Rehabilitation in Individuals with Transverse Patellar Fractures Treated by Tension Band with Kirschner by Zhongyi FANG, Shuai FAN, Xin JIANG, Lili XU, Likun LIU

“…Objective:To evaluate the effect of one-to-one exercise therapy for transverse patellar fractures in early preriod of postoperation of tension band with kirschner wire fixation.Methods:Thirty-five consecutive patients with transverse patella fractures treated by tension band and kirschner wires were randomly assigned to rehabilitation group (<italic>n</italic>=18) or control group (<italic>n</italic>=17). …”
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Patellar Tendon Rupture after Lateral Release without Predisposing Systemic Disease or Steroid Use by S. De Giorgi, A. Notarnicola, G. Vicenti, B. Moretti

“…Arthroscopic technique for lateral release is the most widely used procedure for the correction of recurrent dislocations of the patella. In the relevant literature, several complications of lateral release are described, but the spontaneous patellar tendon rupture has never been suggested as a possible complication of this surgical procedure. …”
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The Effects on Knee Swelling, Range of Motion and Pain using a Commercially Available Hot/Cold Contrast Device in a Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Setting by Kevin E Wilk, Robert E Mangine, James Tersakjs, Kimberly Hasselford

“…Knee circumference improved for mid patella and 5 cm below mid patella, but no significant improvement was noted at the 5 cm above the patella region. …”
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Kinematics and Mechanical Properties of Knees following Patellar Replacing and Patellar Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty by Rongying Huang, Yanqiang Liu, Jun Zhu

“…From the view of kinematics and mechanics, this paper suggests that patella should be retained during TKA if it is possible. …”
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Total Knee Arthroplasty in Ochronosis Arthropathy: A Case Report and Systematic Review by Wu Chean Lee, Tong Leng Tan, Ying Ho Chan

“…Posterior stabilised (PS), cemented TKA and patella resurfacing was performed. Intraoperatively, collagenous structures such as the menisci and cartilage were noted to be black. …”
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ADOLESCENCE TIBIAL TUBERCLE AVULSION FRACTURE: OPTION OF SURGICAL TREATMENT IN WORSENING CONDITION OF PRE-EXISTING OSGOOD-SCHLATTER DISEASE (OSD) by Fira Soraya, Ritzky Pratomo Affan, Bagus Danu Hariyanto

“…Case Report: A 16-years-old boy complained of pain on his left knee, significantly below the patella with ambulation limitation. He had a two-months history of knee pain in the same location and prominence on the area below the patella that was getting more significant over time. …”
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Development of an Auxiliary Device for Patellar and Femoral Joint Tangential Axial Radiographic Imaging and a Method for Obtaining an Optimal Radiographic Image Using the Developme... by Do-Byung Rhee, Hee-June Kim, Deok-Mun Kwon, Jung-Su Kim, Hyun-Woo Choi, Jong-Ki Kim

“…The radiographic method, the smallest inclination of the patellar and showed the best half lateral image of the patella, is Settegast, and the measurement is 9.40. …”
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Arthroscopic Quadriceps Tendon Repair: Two Case Reports by Hidetomo Saito, Yoichi Shimada, Toshiaki Yamamura, Shin Yamada, Takahiro Sato, Koji Nozaka, Hiroaki Kijima, Kimio Saito

“…MRI showed incomplete superficial rupture at the insertion of the patella of the quadriceps tendon. The rupture was arthroscopically repaired using pull-out fixation of six strand sutures. …”
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Effect of Acupotomy Intervention on Fibrosis of Rectus Femoris in Rabbits with Knee Osteoarthritis by LIU Jing, ZENG Weiquan, LIN Qiaoxuan, LU Liming, GUO Zexing, LIU Hong, ZHANG Liangzhi, XIU Zhongbiao

“…In acupotomy group, the transfascial focal points of quadriceps femoris muscle were released by acupotomy under the guidance of Jingjin theory, treatment points included "Hedingci" (the focal lesion point of the foot yangming meridian, located at the attachment of the positive upper margin of the quadriceps tendon and the patella), "Binwaishang" (the focal lesion point of the foot yangming meridian, located at the attachment of the lateral upper edge of the patella to the lateral femoral muscle tendon), "Binneishang" (the focal lesion point of the foot yangming meridian, located at the attachment of the medial femoral muscle tendon to the inner upper edge of the patella), once a week, for a total of 4 times of treatment. …”
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An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration by Thomas Hester, Farid Moftah

“…Complications with patellar buttons have been reported before with peg failure, loosening, and patella fracture; however extra-articular migration is extremely rare. …”
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Altered Knee Loading Following Primary ACL Repair versus ACL Reconstruction by Steven Singleton, Harrison Scofield, Brittany Davis, Alexandra Waller, Craig Garrison, Shiho Goto, Joseph Hannon

“…The purpose of this study was to assess for differences in metrics of knee joint loading during a single limb squat task between individuals following a primary ACL-r versus those who underwent a standard ACL-R with a patella bone-tendon-bone autograft. # Study type Case Control Study # Methods The ACL-r group \[n: 15, age(yrs): 38.8±13.9\] sustained a proximal ACL disruption that was amenable to repair, while the ACL-R group \[n: 15, age(yrs): 25.60±1.7\] underwent primary reconstruction with patella bone-tendon-bone autograft. …”
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Post-traumatic patellar tendon ossification in children: a case series by Kirill A. Kartavenko, Vyacheslav I. Zorin, Sergey A. Lukyanov

“…X-ray and MRI data determine a formation of bone density with uneven clear contours in the projection of the patellar tendon, along with patella alta and the Caton-Deschamps index increasing more than 1.3. …”
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Patellar Tendon Rupture 12 Years after ACL Reconstruction with BPTB Autograft by Christopher C. Paiz, Dustin L. Richter

“…We present a case of a 33-year-old male with a history of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft and prior ipsilateral hamstring harvest, who presented with a complete patella tendon rupture (PTR) 12 years after ACLR. …”
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Ön diz ağrılarından patellofemoral ağrı sendromu: Bir olgu sunumu by Kübra Karakaş, Kenan Bostancı, Ali Kaan Akış, İlknur Albayrak Gezer

“…Patellofemoral ağrı sendromu PFAS patella femoral eklemdeki fiziksel ve biyomekanik değişiklikler sonucu ortaya çıkan retropatellar veya peripatellar ağrı olarak tanımlanmaktadır. …”
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Transtibial Amputation with Removal of the Tibial Intramedullary Nail: Hardware Removal in a Retrograde Manner by Youn-Ho Choi, DoJoon Park

“…This surgical method is expected to reduce postoperative complications such as infections and patella instability after the amputation of a diabetic foot.…”
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Analysis of spatial patellofemoral alignment using novel three-dimensional measurements based on weight-bearing cone-beam CT by Yurou Chen, Fan Yu, Fanzhuang Rong, Furong Lv, Fajin Lv, Jia Li

“…The shift and tilt of patella in three orthogonal axes (X shift, Y shift, Z shift, X tilt, Y tilt, Z tilt) were evaluated. …”
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