How to deal with anterior knee pain in the active young patient

V Sanchis-Alfonso, SF Dye - Sports Health, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Context: Anterior knee pain (AKP) represents the most common reason to consult with a
clinician who specializes in the knee. Despite the high incidence of the disorder, however …

Idiopathic rotational abnormalities of the lower extremities in children and adults

JA Gruskay, AT Fragomen, SR Rozbruch - JBJS reviews, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Idiopathic Rotational Abnormalities of the Lower Extremities... : JBJS Reviews Idiopathic
Rotational Abnormalities of the Lower Extremities in Children and Adults : JBJS Reviews JBJS …

Anatomic risk factors for focal cartilage lesions in the patella and trochlea: a case-control study

LF Ambra, BB Hinckel, EA Arendt… - … American journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Focal cartilage lesions in the patellofemoral (PF) joint are common. Several
studies correlated PF risk factors with PF instability, anterior knee pain, and PF arthritis; …

Alignment in the transverse plane, but not sagittal or coronal plane, affects the risk of recurrent patella dislocation

S Takagi, T Sato, S Watanabe, O Tanifuji… - Knee Surgery …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Abnormalities of lower extremity alignment (LEA) in recurrent patella dislocation
(RPD) have been studied mostly by two‐dimensional (2D) procedures leaving three …

A pre-operative grade 3 J-sign adversely affects short-term clinical outcome and is more likely to yield MPFL residual graft laxity in recurrent patellar dislocation

ZJ Zhang, H Zhang, GY Song, T Zheng… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The purposes of this study were to investigate the anatomical risk factors of grade 3
J-sign and analyse the influence of J-sign grades on the short-term clinical outcomes of …

Geometry of torsional malalignment syndrome: trochlear dysplasia but not torsion predicts lateral patellar instability

P Balcarek, T Radebold, X Schulz… - Orthopaedic Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The clinical impact of increased torsion on patellar instability and
patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) has been suggested by several studies. Hypothesis …

Patellofemoral pain in adolescents: understanding patellofemoral morphology and its relationship to maltracking

CN Fick, C Grant, FT Sheehan - The American journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Developing bone is highly adaptable and, as such, is susceptible to
pathological shape deformation. Thus, it is imperative to quantify if changes in …

Prevalence of combined abnormalities of tibial and femoral torsion in patients with symptomatic hip dysplasia and femoroacetabular impingement: implications for …

TD Lerch, EF Liechti, IAS Todorski… - The bone & joint …, 2020 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Aims The prevalence of combined abnormalities of femoral torsion (FT) and tibial torsion
(TT) is unknown in patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and hip dysplasia …

A word of caution for future studies in patellofemoral pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis

C Grant, CN Fick, J Welsh… - … American journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Patellar maltracking is widely accepted as an underlying mechanism of
patellofemoral pain. However, methodological differences in the literature hinder our ability …

Increased femoral antetorsion correlates with higher degrees of lateral retropatellar cartilage degeneration, further accentuated in genu valgum

A Flury, A Hoch, O Andronic, B Fritz, FB Imhoff… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The role of increased femoral antetorsion (femAT) as a contributor to patellofemoral
(PF) osteoarthritis (OA) is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether …