A study of the possible effect of abnormal patella height on meniscal tears.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jor.2020.04.012 and PMC identifier 7215109.
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Abstract
Patellar height is key to knee biomechanics. Variations (alta/baja) have been associated with instability/dislocations, ACL ruptures etch. The effect of abnormal patella height and meniscal lesions is not clear yet; this is a first investigation of this relation. 100 patients with meniscal tears were X-Rayed to determine patellar height using the Insall-Salvati ratio and the Caton-Deschamps Index. 20% had abnormal patellar height according to the Insall-Salvati ratio and 9% based on the Caton-Deschamps index. This indicates that patella height could be a parameter in the occurrence of meniscal injuries worth investigating in larger populations; yet the mechanism remains unclear.
Anatomy
- knee