title: A study of the position of the patella using computerised tomography.
abstract: This investigation has been performed to study the relationship between the articular surfaces of the patella and the femoral condyles with the knee extended. A computerised tomographic scanning technique was used on twelve normal subjects in whom it was shown that when the knee is in full extension the patella usually lies laterally and incongruently in contact with the lateral femoral condyle.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010329:Patella / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*