Rediscovering the patellofemoral joint.

Abstract

fresh viewpoints and hopefully will be infused into your daily clinical practice in this field. Within this special edition you will find articles on the painful anterior knee, which is a common clinical presentation in knee clinics. Petersen et al. [21] describes the patellar painful syndrome while Werner et al. [28] outlines contemporary non-operative management algorithms. Rathleff et al. [22] explains the importance of foot position in sport to prevent pain. Sanchis-Alfonso et al. [24] delves into the patient psyche and examines the mental attitude or daily mood and its potential influence on the PF pain. He proposes a holistic view of this difficult clinical entity [7]. Patellar dislocation is a different category. Balcarek et al. [2] and Sillampaa et al. [27] give insight into predicting the recurrent dislocator after primary lateral patella dislocation. Arendt et al. [1] gives us a very uncommon differential diagnosis, often missed in clinical practice. The objective analysis of the PF joint remains a cornerstone of diagnoses. Standard radiographs, stress radiographs, MRI, and 3D analyses are joined by the gait pattern KSSTA is happy to provide a special issue on the patellofemoral (PF) disorders. PF disorders span a number of common clinical presentations including PF pain, PF instability and injury, and PF arthritis. These disorders are often controversial in terms of diagnosis, imaging, and treatment; indeed the last decade has seen an explosion of new knowledge and insight into this field, including emerging techniques for diagnosis and treatment. What are the patient outcomes in 2014 using this emergent data? We have done a selection of peer-reviewed articles, which will present