Normally, contact between the articular surface of the trochlea and the articular cartilage behind the patella is about one third of the length of the patellar cartilage (measured using the ...

“For the remaining three indices – modied Insall-Salvati (mIS), Caton-Deschamps (CD) and Blackburne-Pell (BP) – a sagittal view with the greatest patellar articular surface was used,” the ...

Background Chondral defects of the articular surface are a common condition that ... underwent arthroscopic surgery of the knee for patellar instability and a chondral defect of the femoral ...

Only single studies reported peak PFJRF during everyday activities in individuals with patellofemoral OA/articular cartilage defects (walking 1.3±0.5 BW, stair ascent 1.6±0.4 BW, stair descent 1.0±0.5 ...