Anterior knee pain and patellar instability

✍ Scribed by Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 382
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Clinically oriented and richly illustrated, this book provides complete guidance on the surgical and non-surgical management of the anterior knee pain syndrome and is aimed at orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine practitioners, knee specialists and physical therapists.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 11
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
Section I: Etiopathogenic Bases and Therapeutic Implications......Page 18
Myths and Truths about Patellofemoral Disease......Page 19
What Have we Learned from Realignment Surgery?......Page 36
3 Neuroanatomical Bases for Anterior Knee Pain in the Young Patient: "Neural Model"......Page 47
4 Biomechanical Bases for Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability in the Young Patient......Page 68
5 Anatomy of Patellar Dislocation......Page 90
6 Evaluation of the Patient with Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability......Page 106
7 Uncommon Causes of Anterior Knee Pain......Page 127
8 Risk Factors and Prevention of Anterior Knee Pain......Page 146
Science: Classical and New Ideas......Page 157
10 Conservative Management of Anterior Knee Pain: The McConnell Program......Page 177
11 Skeletal Malalignment and Anterior Knee Pain: Rationale, Diagnosis, and Management......Page 195
12 Treatment of Symptomatic Deep Cartilage Defects of the Patella and Trochlea with and without Patellofemoral Malalignment: Basic Science and Treatment......Page 210
13 Autologous Periosteum Transplantation to Treat Full-Thickness Patellar Cartilage Defects Associated with Severe Anterior Knee Pain......Page 236
14 Patella Plica Syndrome......Page 248
15 Patellar Tendinopathy: Where Does the Pain Come From?......Page 265
16 Patellar Tendinopathy: The Science Behind Treatment......Page 277
17 Prevention of Anterior Knee Pain after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction......Page 290
18 Lysis of Pretibial Patellar Tendon Adhesions (Anterior Interval Release) to Treat Anterior Knee Pain after ACL Reconstruction......Page 301
Clinical, Radiographic, Histological, and Ultrastructural Aspects......Page 310
Section II: Clinical Cases Commented......Page 325
20 Complicated Case Studies......Page 326
21 Failure of Patellofemoral Surgery: Analysis of Clinical Cases......Page 340
22 Arthrofibrosis and Patella Infera......Page 355
23 Neuromatous Knee Pain: Evaluation and Management......Page 364
Epilogue......Page 374
A......Page 376
B......Page 377
I......Page 378
O......Page 379
P......Page 380
T......Page 381
Z......Page 382