title: Articular hypermobility and chondral injury in patients with acute patellar dislocation.
abstract: Thirty adolescents with acute, primary patellar dislocation were assessed for a relationship between articular hypermobility and chondral injury. The 15 patients without articular hypermobility had a 2.5 times increased frequency of articular lesions when compared with 15 patients with hypermobility. Assessment of articular hypermobility should be part of the examination in patients with patellar dislocation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit 48201, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Stanitski
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications*; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007594:Joint Loose Bodies / Q000150:complications; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D013933:Thumb / Q000503:physiopathology