Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability

Foreword. - Preface. - SECTION I: ETIOPATHOGENIC BASES AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS. - Background. Patellofemoral malaligment vs Tissue homeostasis. Myths and truths about patellofemoral disease. - Pathogenesis of anterior knee pain and patellar instability. What have we learned from realignment surgery? . - Biological causes of anterior knee pain. - In search of the etiology of anterior knee pain. - Biomechanics of the patellofemoral joint. Implications in the genesis of pain and instability. - Anatomy of patellar dislocation. - Evaluation of the patient with anterior knee pain and patellar instability. - Influence of psycological factors on pain and dissability in patellofemoral pain syndrome. - Uncommon causes of anterior knee pain. - Risk factors and prevention of anterior knee pain. - Conservative treatment of athletes with anterior knee pain: science, classical and new ideas. - Conservative management of anterior knee pain: the McConnell program. - Squeletal malalignment and anterior knee pain. Rationale, diagnosis and management. - Patellar tendinopathy: Where does the pain come from? . - Pathophysiology of patellofemoral arthritis. - Prevention of anterior knee pain after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. - Donor-site morbidity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using autografts. - SECTION II: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR INVESTIGATING PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT. - Computational modeling for investigating patellofemoral joint. Clinical relevance. - Kinetic and kinematic analysis in evaluating patellofemoral disorders. - SECTION III: CLINICAL CASES COMMENTED. - Complicated cases studies. - Failure of patellofemoral surgery. Analysis of clinical cases. - Neuromatous knee pain: Evaluation and management. - Posterior knee pain referred from the patellofemoral joint. - SECTION IV: SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. - Reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament. - Reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament. - Reconstruction of the lateral patellofemoral ligament. -Reconstruction of the lateral patellofemoral ligament. - Rotational osteotomy. - Trochleoplasty. - Osteotomies in patella baja / patella alta. - Arthroscopic patellar release for the treatment of patellar tendinopathy. - Anteromedial tibial tubercle osteotomy (Fulkerson osteotomy). - Autologous chondrocyte implantation. -Patellofemoral arthroplasty: Pearls and pitfalls. - EPILOGUE.