"Patellofemoral Joint" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The articulation between the articular surface of the PATELLA and the patellar surface of the FEMUR.
| Descriptor ID |
D057071
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.583.475.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Patellofemoral Joint- Patellofemoral Joint
- Joint, Patellofemoral
- Joints, Patellofemoral
- Patellofemoral Joints
- Patellofemoral Articulation
- Articulation, Patellofemoral
- Articulations, Patellofemoral
- Patellofemoral Articulations
- Femoropatellar Articulation
- Articulation, Femoropatellar
- Articulations, Femoropatellar
- Femoropatellar Articulations
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patellofemoral Joint" by people in Profiles.
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Quantifying the Relationship Between the Medial Quadriceps Tendon-Femoral Ligament and Patellar Borders: A Pediatric Cadaveric Study. Am J Sports Med. 2022 07; 50(9):2433-2438.
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Biomechanical tensile strength analysis for medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction. Knee. 2017 Oct; 24(5):965-976.
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Biomechanical Evaluation of Classic Solid and All-Soft Suture Anchors for Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 2017 Jun; 45(7):1622-1626.
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Strain within the native and reconstructed MPFL during knee flexion. J Knee Surg. 2014 Apr; 27(2):125-31.