ArticleThe American journal of sports medicine2017
The Tibial Tubercle-Trochlear Groove Distance Is Greater in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain: Implications for the Origin of Pain and Clinical Interventions.
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- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy: Indications, Outcomes, and Complications.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2024Review
- A decreased tibial tuberosity-trochlear groove distance is associated with lateral patellofemoral joint degeneration after implantation of medial fixed-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty - a minimum five year follow-up.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Predisposing factors for Hoffa's fat pad syndrome: a systematic review.Knee surgery & related research · 2023Review
- Tibial tubercle-Roman arch (TT-RA) distance is superior to tibial tubercle-trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance when evaluating coronal malalignment in patients with knee osteoarthritis.European radiology · 2022Article
- Ipsilateral patellofemoral morphological abnormalities are more severe than those of contralateral joints in patients with unilateral patellar dislocation.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
- Unilateral anterior knee pain is associated with increased patellar lateral position after stressed lateral translation.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Article
- Highly variable tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance (TT-TG) in osteoarthritic knees should be considered when performing TKA.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019Article
- The Relationship of Static Tibial Tubercle-Trochlear Groove Measurement and Dynamic Patellar Tracking.The American journal of sports medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe distance between the tibial tubercle (TT) and trochlear groove (TT-TG distance) is known to be greater in patients with patellar instability. However, the potential role and prevalence of pathological TT-TG distances in a large cohort of skeletally mature patients with isolated patellofemoral pain (PFP) are not clear. PURPOSE: To determine if the mean TT-TG distance is greater in patients with PFP, who lack a history of patellar dislocations, knee trauma, or osteoarthritis, relative to healthy controls. STUDY
designCross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.
methodsA total of 50 knees (38 patients) with PFP and 60 knees (56 controls) without PFP formed the basis of this study. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to determine the TT-TG distance from 3-dimensional static scans.
resultsThe cohort with PFP demonstrated a significantly greater mean TT-TG distance relative to asymptomatic controls (13.0 vs 10.8 mm, respectively; P = .001). Among the cohort with PFP, 15 knees (30%) demonstrated TT-TG distances ≥15 mm, and 3 knees (6%) demonstrated TT-TG distances ≥20 mm.
conclusionMost adult patients with isolated PFP have elevated TT-TG distances compared with controls, which likely contributes to the force imbalance surrounding the knee.
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