Patellofemoral Disease

Researchers of this study found patellofemoral morphology was altered and had an impact on maltracking in adolescents with patellofemoral pain.

Preselection of MRI slices compared with independently selected MRI slices did not significantly improve the interrater reliability of the tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance measurement in patients with patellar instability, according to the results of this study.

According to study results, the Porto Patellofemoral Testing Device is a valid tool for quantification of the patellofemoral position and displacement and had high intra-rater reliability. The instrumented stress-testing device compared with the physical examination also showed more accuracy, more precision and less variability.

According to study results, the MRI oblique trochlear view accurately evaluates trochlear morphology and better characterizes trochlear dysplasia in patients with patellofemoral instability compared with the standard MRI axial sequences.