The effects of the sagittal plane malpositioning of the patella and concomitant quadriceps hypotrophy on the patellofemoral joint: a finite element analysis

Aksahin, Ertugrul; Kocadal, Onur; Aktekin, Cem; Kaya, DEFNE; Pepe, Murad; Yilmaz, Serdar; Yuksel, H.; Bicimoglu, Ali

doi:10.1007/s00167-014-3421-7

The effects of the sagittal plane malpositioning of the patella and concomitant quadriceps hypotrophy on the patellofemoral joint: a finite element analysis

Aksahin E., Kocadal O., Aktekin C. N., Kaya D., Pepe M., Yilmaz S., ...Daha Fazla

KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.903-908, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00167-014-3421-7
Dergi Adı: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.903-908
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Anterior knee pain is a common symptom after intramedullary nailing in tibia shaft fracture. Moreover, patellofemoral malalignment is also known to be a major reason for anterior knee pain. Patellofemoral malalignment predisposes to increased loading in patellar cartilage. In the previous study, we have demonstrated the quadriceps atrophy and patellofemoral malalignment after intramedullary nailing due to tibia shaft fracture. In this study, our aim was to clarify the effects of quadriceps atrophy and patellofemoral malalignment with the pathologic loading on the joint cartilage.