Mild to moderate preoperative patellar tendinopathy may not significantly affect postoperative outcomes of ACL ...

One can appreciate the patella entry zone into the trochlea, which is readily identified between the proximal medial and lateral trochlea ridge ends. The center of this entry zone, we call the ...

A medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear affects the inside of the knee. The tough MCL ligament fibers that connect the end of the femur (thigh bone) and the top of the tibia (shin bone) can tear, ...

We performed a 6-week randomised controlled trial testing the efficacy of a patellar brace on knee pain and BML volumes as tracked by serial knee MRIs. Because there is no evidence that PF braces ...

Medically reviewed by Eva Umoh Asomugha, M.D.A facetectomy is a spinal surgical procedure for people who experience moderate to severe pain as a result of an impinged (pinched) spinal nerve. The pain ...

It is considered a disorder of the patellofemoral joint. Besides running, other causes of the condition include walking up and down stairs, squatting, lunging, or standing up from sitting. How Is ...

may be associated with an increasing amount of patellar arthrosis at the lateral facet, central ridge, and, most significantly, medial facet. No previous study, to our knowledge, has described the ...