Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability

1. Background: Patellofemoral Malalignment Versus Tissue Homeostasis
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

2. In Search of the Etiology of Anterior Knee Pain
Jan Näslund

3. Biological Causes of Anterior Knee Pain
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Esther Roselló-Sastre, Juan Saus-Mas, Fernando Revert-Ros

4. Pathogenesis of Anterior Knee Pain in the Active Young: Is There a Relation Between the Presence of Patellofemoral Malalignment and Pain?
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Fermín Ordoño, Alfredo Subías-López, Carmen Monserrat

5. Unilateral Anterior Knee Pain as a Sign of Knee Asymmetry
K. Donald Shelbourne, Emily E. Krodel

6. Biomechanical Bases for Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Carolina Ávila-Carrasco, Jaime M. Prat-Pastor, Carlos M. Atienza, Enrique Cuñat

7. Anatomy of Patellar Dislocation
Najeeb Khan, Donald C. Fithian, Eiki Nomura

8. Evaluation of the Patient with Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Erik Montesinos-Berry, Agustin Serrano, Vicente Martínez-Sanjuan

9. Influence of Psychological Factors on Pain and Disability in Anterior Knee Pain Patients
Julio Doménech, Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Begoña Espejo

10. Uncommon Causes of Anterior Knee Pain
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Erik Montesinos-Berry, Francisco Aparisi-Rodriguez, Vicente Belloch-Ugarte

11. Risk Factors and Prevention of Anterior Knee Pain
Erik Witvrouw, Damien Tiggelen, Tine Willems

12. Non-operative Treatment of Athletes with Anterior Knee Pain: Science, Classical, and New Ideas
Suzanne Werner

13. Conservative Management of Anterior Knee Pain: The McConnell Program
Jenny McConnell, Kim Bennell

14. Skeletal Malalignment and Anterior Knee Pain: Rationale, Diagnosis, and Management
Robert A. Teitge, Roger Torga-Spak

15. Patellar Tendinopathy: Where Does the Pain Come From?
Jill L. Cook, Karim M. Khan

16. Biochemical Causes of Patellar Tendinopathy?
Patrik Danielson, Alexander Scott

17. The Pathophysiology of Patellofemoral Arthritis
Ronald P. Grelsamer, Jason Gould

18. Prevention of Anterior Knee Pain After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
K. Donald Shelbourne, Scott E. Urch, Heather Freeman

19. Anterior Knee Pain with Special Emphasis on the Clinical, Radiographic, Histological, Ultrastructural, and Biochemical Aspects After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Autografts
Jüri Kartus, Lars Ejerhed, Tomas Movin

20. Imaging and Musculoskeletal Modeling to Investigate the Mechanical Etiology of Patellofemoral Pain
Thor F. Besier, Christine Draper, Saikat Pal, Michael Fredericson, Garry Gold, Scott Delp, Gary Beaupré

21. Computational Models for Investigating the Patellofemoral Joint: Clinical Relevance
John J. Elias, Andrew J. Cosgarea

22. Kinetic Analysis: A Sensitive Outcome Objective Measurement Method in Evaluating Lateral Patellar Instability
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, José María Baydal-Bertomeu, Erik Montesinos-Berry, Andrea Castelli, José David Garrido-Jaén

23. Kinetic and Kinematic Analysis in Evaluating Patients with Anterior Knee Pain
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Susana Marín-Roca, Erik Montesinos-Berry, José María Baydal-Bertomeu, María Francisca Peydro-De Moya

24. Failure of Patellofemoral Surgery: Analysis of Clinical Cases
Robert A. Teitge, Roger Torga-Spak

25. Neuromatous Knee Pain: Evaluation and Management
Maurice Y. Nahabedian

26. Kinetic and Kinematic Analysis of Iatrogenic Medial Patellar Instability: Clinical Relevance
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Erik Montesinos-Berry, Andrea Castelli, Susana Marín-Roca, Alex Cortes

27. Ultrasound and Doppler-Guided Arthroscopic Shaving for the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy/Jumper’s Knee: Biological Background and Description of Method
Håkan Alfredson, Lotta Willberg, Lars Öhberg, Sture Forsgren

28. Arthroscopic Patellar Denervation for Anterior Knee Pain
Jordi Vega, Pau Golanó, Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

29. Reconstruction of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
Eric W. Edmonds, Donald C. Fithian

30. Reconstruction of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
Robert A. Teitge, Roger Torga-Spak

31. MPFL Reconstruction: Principles and Complications
Pieter J. Erasmus, Mathieu Thaunat

32. Reconstruction of the Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
Jack T. Andrish

33. Reconstruction of the Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
Robert A. Teitge, Roger Torga-Spak

34. Osteotomies Around the Patellofemoral Joint
Roland M. Biedert, Philippe M. Tscholl

35. Sulcus Deepening Trochleoplasty
David Dejour, Paulo Renato F. Saggin

36. Rotational Tibial Osteotomy
Robert A. Teitge, Roger Torga-Spak

37. Rotational Femoral Osteotomy
Robert A. Teitge, Roger Torga-Spak

38. Patella Infera and Patella Alta
Paulo Renato F. Saggin, David Dejour

39. Combined Tibial Tubercle Realignment and MPFL Reconstruction
Joan C. Monllau, Xavier Pelfort, Pablo Gelber, Marc Tey

40. Anteromedial Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy (Fulkerson Osteotomy)
Jack Farr, Brian J. Cole, James Kercher, Lachlan Batty, Sarvottam Bajaj

41. The Patella Thinning Osteotomy: A New Technique for Patellofemoral Arthritis
Javier Vaquero, José Antonio Calvo

42. Cartilage Restoration in the Patellofemoral Joint
Jack Farr, Brian J. Cole, Michael J. Salata, Marco Collarile, Sarvottam Bajaj

43. Autologous Osteochondral Mosaicplasty
László Hangody, Eszter Baló

44. Patellofemoral Allografts
Robert A. Teitge, Roger Torga-Spak

45. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: Pearls and Pitfalls
Ronald P. Grelsamer, Jason Gould

46. The Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: The Great Solution, the Great Problem
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

47. A Philosophy of the Patellofemoral Joint: A Logical Clinical Approach
Alan C. Merchant

48. Epilogue
Scott F. Dye

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Orthopedics, Conservative Orthopedics, Surgical Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy