Common surgeries to stabilize the kneecap include: MPFL (medial patellar femoral ligament) repair or reconstruction. Tibial tubercle osteotomy. The MPFL is a main stabilizer of the kneecap. When it’s ...

A higher riding patella in the ACLR patients was caused by a longer-than-normal patellar tendon, the structure connecting the patella to the tibia ... the patella and the femur to regions of ...

In ACLR and uninjured contralateral knees, the patella articulates higher on the femoral trochlea due primarily to a longer patellar tendon compared with healthy knees.

Should the bone-patellar-tendon bone graft be avoided ... of hamstring tendons that were placed in tunnel in both the femur and tibia, with proximal and distal fixation. This series did not ...