Editorial Commentary: Is Magnetic Resonance Imaging Imaged Knee Patellar Tracking Relevant in Assessing the Patient With Patellar Instability?
editorial · Level V
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Abstract
Patellar pain and instability are common presentations to surgeons, yet assessment is more a static art than a dynamic science. In addition to resource-intensive gait laboratory, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been used to measure patellar tracking. CT has the limitation of radiation and MRI has the limitation of software processing times. With an updated MRI protocol and software, it is now possible to dynamically view patellar tracking. Determining how this will be used to help in the diagnosis and treatment of patients will be the next goal.
Medical subject headings
- Biomechanical Phenomena
- Feasibility Studies
Anatomy
- knee