ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2020
Unilateral anterior knee pain is associated with increased patellar lateral position after stressed lateral translation.
Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Biomechanical phenotypes of unilateral versus bilateral anterior knee pain: evidence from walking kinematics, kinetics, and symmetry indices.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- [Idiopathic anterior knee pain-what is the problem?]Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- HKA angle exceeding 5 degrees is strongly associated with lateral patellar translation beyond 2 mm: surgical recommendations for avoiding adverse effects on the patellofemoral joint after OWHTO.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Inconsistency in Shoulder Arthrometers for Measuring Glenohumeral Joint Laxity: A Systematic Review.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A novel multipurpose device for guided knee motion and loading during dynamic magnetic resonance imaging.Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik · 2022Article
- Development of a medical device compatible with MRI/CT to measure ankle joint laxity: the Porto Ankle Testing Device.Porto biomedical journalArticle
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purposeTo objectively compare side-to-side patellar position and mobility in patients with idiopathic unilateral anterior knee pain (AKP) using a stress-testing device concomitantly with magnetic resonance imaging. It is hypothesized that the painful knees present greater patellar mobility than the contralateral non-painful knees.
methodsFrom a total sample of 359 patients, 23 patients with idiopathic unilateral AKP (30.9 years, 23.4 kg/m
resultsPainful knees showed statistically significant higher patellar lateral position after stressed lateral translation than non-painful knees (p = 0.028), 9.8 ± 3.6 mm and 7.1 ± 6.3 mm, respectively. The adjusted multivariate logistic model identified the patellar position after lateral displacement to be significantly associated with AKP (OR = 1.165) and the model (AUC = 0.807, p < 0.001) showed reasonable sensitivity (67%) and specificity (73%).
conclusionPatients with idiopathic unilateral AKP with morphologically equivalent knees showed statistically significant increased patellar lateral position after stressed lateral displacement in their painful knee. The greater lateral patellar mobility quantified by the PPTD testing brings more objectivity to the diagnosis. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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