Let's start with some basic anatomy. Patellar tendinopathy refers to the ... It’s part of the “extensor mechanism of the knee ...

but more usually the dislocation has been reduced and there is a swollen knee with a tender line parallel to the medial border of the patella reflecting the retinacular tear. It is important to ...

This study examined the anatomy of the knee extensor mechanism in patients ... the location and extent of osteoarthritic change of the patellar undersurface. Sixty-two knees (57 patients) were ...

Some individuals who have had anterior-cruciate-ligament reconstruction (ACLR), the kind of surgery often performed on ...

A surprising finding was that a higher riding patella was observed in both the ACLR knee and the uninjured contralateral knee of the ACLR patients. Investigators suspect that a higher riding ...