Patella: / Patella Femoral Function

- See: Radiograhpic Evaluation

  - Anatomy
  - Biomechanics
  - Multipartite Patella
  - Chondromalacia
  - Dislocation of the Patella
  - Examination of the Patellofemoral Joint:
  - Fractures of the Patella:
  - Jumper's Knee:
  - Lateral Retinacular Release
  - Patella Alta
  - Pathology
  - Patella Infera
  - Patellar Ligament Rupture
  - Malalignment of Patella:
  - Osteochondral lesions:
  - Sindig-Larsen-Johanssen disease;
  - Subluxation of the Patella
  - Synovial Plica
  - Radiograhpic Evaluation
  - Patella in TKR

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The anterior aspect of the knee joint.

A study of quadriceps excursion, torque, and the effect of patellectomy on cadaver knees.

Anatomy of the junction of the vastus lateralis tendon and the patella.

Fracture of the patella treated by open reduction and external compressive skeletal fixation.

Observations on patellar height after proximal tibial osteotomy.

A method of repair for quadriceps tendon or patellar ligament (tendon) ruptures without cast immobilization. Preliminary report.

Lateral facet syndrome of the patella. Lateral restraint analysis and use of lateral resection.

A systematic approach to reconstruction of neglected tears of the patellar tendon. A case report.

Free patellar graft for the reconstruction of juxtaarticular defects in the treatment of giant-cell tumors.

The early diagnosis and treatment of developmental patella infera syndrome.

Ruptures of the extensor mechanism of the knee joint.

Efficacy of various forms of fixation of transverse fractures of the patella.

Late reconstruction of the patellar tendon.

"Tooth" sign in patellar degenerative disease.

The natural history of recurrent dislocation of the patella.  Long-term results of conservative and operative treatment.

Pathomechanics of the femoropatellar joint following total knee arthroplasty.

Treatment of patellofemoral instability in Down's syndrome.

High tibial osteotomy compared with high tibial and Maquet procedures in medial and patellofemoral compartment osteoarthritis.

The early diagnosis and treatment of developmental patella infera syndrome.

Knee extensor mechanics after subtotal excision of the patella.

Pediatric update : 13. Injuries to the inferior pole of the patella in children.

Incidence, mechanism of injury, and treatment of fractures of the patella in children.

Scanning electron-microscopic and magnetic resonance-imaging studies of injuries to the patellofemoral joint after acute transarticular loading.

Treatment of overuse patellofemoral pain. Prospective randomized controlled clinical trial in a military setting.

Femoral morphometry and anterior knee pain.

Biomechanical effects of different surgical procedures on the extensor mechanism of the patellofemoral joint.

Patello-femoral pain: A prospective study.
     Orthopaedics 1986;9:663.  Yates C, Grana WA:

Anteromedialization of the Tibial Tuberosity in the Treatment of Patellofemoral Pain and Malalignment.
    WJ Morshuis MD, PW Pavlov MD, and KP DeRooy MD. CORR. No 255. June, 1990. p 242.

The influence of fixed rotational deformities of the femur on the patellofemoral contact pressures in human cadaver knees.

Clinical prognosticators for the efficacy of retinacular release surgery to treat patellofemoral pain.

Patellofemoral contact pressures. The influence of q-angle and tendofemoral contact.

The anterior aspect of the knee joint.

Patellar pain and incongruence. I: Measurements of incongruence.

Patellar pain and incongruence. II: Clinical application.

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