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Effective and rational treatment depends upon a clear understanding of all the factors that go into patellofemoral instability. How can you solve a problem without understanding the contributing factors? Some of these will be able to be modified surgically. Some cannot and depend on muscle strength and control. Some pertinent morphological features such as rotational deformities and trochlear dysplasia are well known to be familial.
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Post, W.R. (2023). Pathophysiology of Patellar Instability. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (eds) Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09767-6_15
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