"Patellar Ligament" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A band of fibrous tissue that attaches the apex of the PATELLA to the lower part of the tubercle of the TIBIA. The ligament is actually the caudal continuation of the common tendon of the QUADRICEPS FEMORIS. The patella is embedded in that tendon. As such, the patellar ligament can be thought of as connecting the quadriceps femoris tendon to the tibia, and therefore it is sometimes called the patellar tendon.
| Descriptor ID |
D017847
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.475 A02.835.583.512.475 A02.880.438 A10.165.669.514.475
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| Concept/Terms |
Patellar Ligament- Patellar Ligament
- Ligament, Patellar
- Ligaments, Patellar
- Patellar Ligaments
- Patellar Tendon
- Patellar Tendons
- Tendon, Patellar
- Tendons, Patellar
- Patella Tendon
- Patella Tendons
- Tendon, Patella
- Tendons, Patella
- Ligamentum Patellae
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patellar Ligament" by people in Profiles.
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Bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft could be recommended as a superior graft to hamstring autograft for ACL reconstruction in patients with generalized joint laxity: 2- and 5-year follow-up study. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Sep; 26(9):2568-2579.
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Patellar instability. Orthop Clin North Am. 2015 Jan; 46(1):147-57.
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A biomechanical comparison of patellar tendon repair materials in a bovine model. Orthopedics. 2011 Aug 08; 34(8):e344-8.
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Proceed with caution. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Nov; 37(11):2099-101.
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Mechanical stimulation increases collagen type I and collagen type III gene expression of stem cell-collagen sponge constructs for patellar tendon repair. Tissue Eng. 2007 Jun; 13(6):1219-26.
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Medial gastrocnemius flap for reconstruction of knee extensor mechanism disruption after total knee replacement (TKR). Surg Technol Int. 2004; 12:221-8.
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Proprioception of the knee before and after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 2003 Jan; 19(1):2-12.
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Medial gastrocnemius transposition flap for the treatment of disruption of the extensor mechanism after total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1997 Jun; 79(6):866-73.
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In vitro study of knee stability after posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1996 Jun; (327):264-71.
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Strategies for attachment site locations and twist of the intraarticular anterior cruciate ligament graft. Am J Sports Med. 1996 May-Jun; 24(3):342-9.