{"id":4486,"date":"2021-03-08T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/range-of-treatments\/the-patellofemoral-joint"},"modified":"2021-03-10T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:30:43","slug":"the-patellofemoral-joint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/en\/range-of-treatments\/the-patellofemoral-joint","title":{"rendered":"The patellofemoral joint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#dddd26\">The patella keeps popping out &#8211; Problems affecting a child\u2019s patellofemoral joint<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>patellofemoral joint&nbsp;<\/strong>is a part of the knee joint and consist of the kneecap (lat. patella) and its groove on the thigh bone (lat. trochlea). A&nbsp;<strong>fall while skiing<\/strong>&nbsp;with external rotation of the foot, the&nbsp;<strong>foot firmly planted on the ground<\/strong>&nbsp;with the body rotating away, and slight&nbsp;<strong>knock knee stress (genu valgum)<\/strong>&nbsp;(while dancing or playing indoor sports) are classic causes of one\u2019s first&nbsp;<strong>patella dislocation<\/strong>, i.e. the kneecap pops out for the first time. If the kneecap snaps back into place on its own, this injury is often misdiagnosed. If it does not, the situation is usually perceived as very dramatic due to the apparent deformity and the&nbsp;<strong>severe pain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is estimated that the kneecap pops out once in&nbsp;<strong>43 out of every 100,000 children<\/strong>. However, the risk of this&nbsp;<strong>happening again<\/strong>&nbsp;(repeated patellar dislocation) is&nbsp;<strong>over 60%<\/strong>! Since any dislocation of the patella carries the&nbsp;<strong>risk of cartilage damage&nbsp;<\/strong>in the patellofemoral joint, further episodes of instability should be avoided. The&nbsp;<strong>risk of re-injury can be estimated&nbsp;<\/strong>based on various risk factors, which are determined during a&nbsp;<strong>clinical examination&nbsp;<\/strong>and measured via&nbsp;<strong>x-ray and MRI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the result, either <strong>conservative management or surgery<\/strong> are recommended. It is important to note that this is a risk assessment and the recurrence of patellar dislocation is not due to inadequate training. If the cartilage is already injured, surgical treatment is more likely to be recommended. Depending on the patient\u2019s age and stage of development, <strong>various different surgical procedures<\/strong> can be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/gelenkpunkt-praxis-1606210907-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gelenkpunkt-praxis-1606210907-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gelenkpunkt-praxis-1606210907-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gelenkpunkt-praxis-1606210907-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gelenkpunkt-praxis-1606210907-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gelenkpunkt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gelenkpunkt-praxis-1606210907.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The patella keeps popping out &#8211; Problems affecting a child\u2019s patellofemoral joint The&nbsp;patellofemoral joint&nbsp;is a part of the knee joint and consist of the kneecap (lat. patella) and its groove on the thigh bone (lat. trochlea). A&nbsp;fall while skiing&nbsp;with external rotation of the foot, the&nbsp;foot firmly planted on the ground&nbsp;with the body rotating away, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4487,"parent":4389,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4486","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The patellofemoral joint - GELENKpunkt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The patella keeps popping out - Problems affecting a child\u2019s patellofemoral joint. 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