SynthesisSkeletal radiology2022
Assessment of the reliability and validity of imaging measurements for patellofemoral instability: an updated systematic review.
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- Anatomical Risk Patterns for Patellofemoral Instability in Skeletally Immature Patients: A Sex-Stratified MRI Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Prediction of patellofemoral instability by quantitative ultrasound elastography device: a feasibility study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- A novel adapted MRI-based scheme for Dejour classification of trochlear dysplasia.Skeletal radiology · 2025Article
- Commercially-available AI algorithm improves radiologists' sensitivity for wrist and hand fracture detection on X-ray, compared to a CT-based ground truth.European radiology · 2024Article
- [Advances in peripatellar osteotomy for treating recurrent patellar dislocation].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2023Article
- Functional outcomes after Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction show inverted J-shaped relation with Body Mass Index.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Sulcus depth, congruence angle, Wiberg index, TT-TG distance, and CDI are strong predictors of recurrent patellar dislocation.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Patellar Tracking: An Old Problem with New Insights.Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo provide an update on the reliability and validity of all radiological measures used to assess patients presenting with patellofemoral instability.
methodsA search of the CINHAL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and SCOPUS databases and the Cochrane library was conducted. All studies assessing the validity, reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of radiological measures of the patellofemoral joints of patients with patellofemoral instability from 2010 onwards were considered for inclusion. Discrimination validity, inter- and intra-observer reliability, and the sensitivity and specificity of specific imaging measures were evaluated.
resultsSeventy-three studies met the selection criteria and were included for analysis. We identified eight radiological measures in four categories with good reliability and validity: the tibial tubercle to trochlear groove distance, specific measures of patellar height (Blackburne-Peel index, Caton-Deschamps index and Insall-Salvati ratios), three measures of trochlear dysplasia (sulcus angle, trochlear depth, and lateral trochlear inclination), and the tibial tubercle to posterior cruciate ligament distance. No included studies examined the reliability and validity of patellofemoral instability ultrasound measures.
conclusionOur updated review demonstrated good inter- and intra-observer reliability and discrimination validity for the tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance, specific patellar height, and trochlear dysplasia measures on MRI. The tibial tubercle to posterior cruciate ligament distance, an indirect measure of rotational asymmetry, was a valid and reliable measure on MRI. Due to a lack of assessments across more than one study, there are a variety of proposed measures with insufficient evidence to determine their validity, reliability, sensitivity, and specificity.
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