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Torn patellar tendon: A rare and serious knee injury
The patellar tendon transmits the force of the thigh muscle to the lower leg and is thus responsible for extension and ...
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Bilateral Osteochondrosis of the Primary Patellar Ossification Centers in a Young Athlete
The most common sites of osteochondrosis associated with anterior knee pain occur at secondary centers including the tibial tubercle (Osgood-Schlatter disease) and/or the inferior patellar pole ...
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Reproducibility and clinical utility of tendon palpation to detect patellar tendinopathy in young basketball players
Background—Palpation is an important clinical test for jumper's knee. Methods—In 326 junior symptomatic and ... and severe tenderness respectively. Results—Patellar tendon palpation was a reliable ...
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Bilateral Osteochondrosis of the Primary Patellar Ossification Centers in a Young Athlete
A left knee MRI (Figure 1C) demonstrated fragmentation of the primary patellar ossification center with diffusely decreased T1-weighted signal and corresponding enhancement on T2-weighted sequences.