In patients with normal bony anatomy, MPFL reconstruction has been shown to be successful. However, distal realignment procedures are often indicated in patients with increased tibial tubercle ...

Recurrent lateral patellar dislocation is a debilitating knee condition that frequently ... and increased tibial tubercle-trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance. Among these factors, the TT-TG distance ...

The gluteus maximus muscle covers the ischial tuberosity when your leg is straight and your thigh is extended. When your knee is bent and your thigh is flexed, the gluteus maximus moves and leaves ...

Specifically, the ligament connects the patella to the top of the tuberosity (a ridge ... Other ligaments within the knee include the capsular ligament and the tibial collateral ligament.

Sixty-five consecutive primary total knee arthroplasties were done in 60 ... This included analysis of excessive external tibial torsion, hypoplasia of the femur, Wiberg-type patella, trochlear ...

You might be left with a painless bump below the knee where the pain used to be. In very rare cases, if you overwork the tibial tuberosity when experiencing Osgood-Schlatter’s as a kid ...