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Patellofemoral Pain, Instability, and Arthritis pp 79–89Cite as

MRI Analysis of Patellla Instability Factors

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Different methods of evaluation by x-rays [1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 20, 21, 24] and CT scan [9, 11, 13, 14, 22, 27, 29, 40] were proposed in the literature in order to define the various factors responsible for patellar instability or pain.

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  2. Dipartimento di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale Ca’ Granda – Niguarda – Milano, Via dei Pellegrini, Milan, Italy

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  3. Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Ca’ Granda, Niguarda, Milano, Italy

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    Eva Usellini MD & Bruno Marelli MD

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Berruto, M., Marinoni, E., Chirico, G., Vanzulli, A., Usellini, E., Marelli, B. (2010). MRI Analysis of Patellla Instability Factors. In: Zaffagnini, S., Dejour, D., Arendt, E. (eds) Patellofemoral Pain, Instability, and Arthritis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05424-2_10

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