Patellar instability and dislocations can plague both children and adults. The patella, or kneecap, connects the muscles of the thigh to the tibia, or shinbone. The patella should sit within a groove ...

Most people don’t realize they have patellar dislocation risk factors until they are injured and see an orthopedic surgeon, says Ian Rice, M.D., a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon with the TriHealth ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Orthopedic surgeons traditionally resolve joint instability problems by trying to reconstruct the anatomy of the ...

My 16-year-old daughter was recently playing soccer when her knee cap popped out and then back in. How do we treat this? It is not uncommon for young people, particularly females, to dislocate their ...

The first-time patellar dislocation typically occurs from a traumatic injury. Terminologies used in the literature to describe this injury also include acute, primary and traumatic patellar ...

Dislocation can be caused by a sudden blow, such as taking a hard hit playing a contact sport like football or hockey, or by a chronic condition, such as a stretched ligament. Andrey ...

Q: Is surgery necessary for dislocated patella? A: Depending on the cause and type of dislocation, treatment could be achieved by non-surgical means. However, if it recurs multiple times or if an MRI ...

Travis Scott, 28, may have done some pretty serious damage to his knee when he took a fall on stage on Oct. 12. The rapper was in the middle of a high energy performance at Rolling Loud in New York ...