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Document Title: Ahmad-AJSM-Sep98
Article Title: Effects of patellar tendon adhesion to the anterior tibia on knee mechanics
Authors: Christopher S. Ahmad MD, S. Daniel Kwak PhD, Gerald A. Ateshian PhD, William H. Warden MD, J. Richard Steadman MD and Van C. Mow PhD.
Location: Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, New York, and the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic, Vail, Colorado
Publication: American Journal of Sports Medicine; Baltimore, Maryland.
Date: Sep/Oct 1998.
Volume 26, Number 5, pages 715-724
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This article provides good insight into the potential post-ACL-reconstruction problem of patellar-tendon adhesion.
ABSTRACT
The effects of patellar tendon adhesion on the knee extensor mechanism and on the kinematics and contact areas for both the patellofemoral and tibiofemoral joints were determined for five cadaveric knees in an open kinetic chain testing configuration. Patellar tendon adhesion decreased the distance from the inferior patellar pole to the tibial tuberosity, effectively creating patella infera. When compared with the controls, knees with adhesion had medial and distal translation of the patella, as well as increased patellar flexion. Although the patellar articular contact location shifted distally, the overall contact area did not change significantly. For the tibia, adhesion resulted in significant medial, proximal, and anterior translation, and internal rotation. Adhesion also resulted in a posterior shift of the tibial contact location. For the extensor mechanism, adhesion decreased the knee extension force created by the quadriceps muscle on the tibia, indicating a decrease in the effective moment arm of the extensor mechanism. Furthermore, as a result of patellar tendon adhesion, the angle formed by the quadriceps and patellar tendons decreased, suggesting an increase in patellofemoral joint reaction force with adhesion. The increased patellofemoral joint reaction force and the altered contact location may be related to anterior knee pain after knee trauma and knee surgery. Therefore, patients should be observed for subtle patella infera, which may indicate patellar tendon adhesion.
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