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1: Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2008 Jan;36(1):30-7. Links

Osteoarthritis: what we have been missing in the patellofemoral joint.

Clark AL.

Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. alclark@duke.edu

Patellofemoral osteoarthritis is common clinically and often independent of tibiofemoral disease. Intriguingly, the patella demonstrates more severe degeneration earlier in the disease process compared with the juxtaposed femoral groove. Here, we consider three hypotheses influencing this disparity and thus discover crucial insights into the etiology of osteoarthritis.

PMID: 18156951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]