Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Decreased medial patellar width may be a more accurate risk factor for lateral patellar dislocation vs.

The first-time patellar dislocation typically occurs from a traumatic injury. Terminologies used in the literature to describe this injury also include acute, primary and traumatic patellar ...

Background The incidence of lateral patellar dislocation becomes higher with increased participation in sports activities in adolescence. A screening test to diagnose asymptomatic lateral patellar ...

The Royal London Hospital, London, UK Director, Academic Department of Sports Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, UK [email protected] This paper ...

Patellar chondral defects may be improved by an arthroscopic surgical procedure to smooth out the surface of the patella or trochlea. If the problem is clearly caused by excessive lateral tracking ...

Patellar instability is a common knee injury occurring in pediatric and adolescent population. This clinical problem affects about 5-25 people per 100,000. This condition is also known as patellar or ...