Part I: Etiopathogenic Bases and Therapeutic Implications
Background: Patellofemoral Malalignment Versus Tissue Homeostasis
In Search of the Etiology of Anterior Knee Pain
Biological Causes of Anterior Knee Pain
Pathogenesis of Anterior Knee Pain in the Active Young: Is There a Relation Between the Presence of Patellofemoral Malalignment and Pain?
Unilateral Anterior Knee Pain as a Sign of Knee Asymmetry
Biomechanical Bases for Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability
Anatomy of Patellar Dislocation
Evaluation of the Patient with Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability
Influence of Psychological Factors on Pain and Disability in Anterior Knee Pain Patients
Uncommon Causes of Anterior Knee Pain
Risk Factors and Prevention of Anterior Knee Pain
Non-operative Treatment of Athletes with Anterior Knee Pain: Science, Classical, and New Ideas
Conservative Management of Anterior Knee Pain: The McConnell Program
Skeletal Malalignment and Anterior Knee Pain: Rationale, Diagnosis, and Management
Biochemical Causes of Patellar Tendinopathy?
Prevention of Anterior Knee Pain After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Anterior Knee Pain with Special Emphasis on the Clinical, Radiographic, Histological, Ultrastructural, and Biochemical Aspects After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Autografts
Part II: Emerging Technologies for Investigating Patellofemoral Joint. Clinical Relevance
Imaging and Musculoskeletal Modeling to Investigate the Mechanical Etiology of Patellofemoral Pain
Computational Models for Investigating the Patellofemoral Joint: Clinical Relevance
Kinetic Analysis: A Sensitive Outcome Objective Measurement Method in Evaluating Lateral Patellar Instability
Kinetic and Kinematic Analysis in Evaluating Patients with Anterior Knee Pain
Part III: Clinical Cases Commented
Failure of Patellofemoral Surgery: Analysis of Clinical Cases
Neuromatous Knee Pain: Evaluation and Management
Kinetic and Kinematic Analysis of Iatrogenic Medial Patellar Instability: Clinical Relevance
Part IV: Surgical Techniques "How I Do It"
Ultrasound and Doppler-Guided Arthroscopic Shaving for the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy/Jumper's Knee: Biological Background and Description of Method
Arthroscopic Patellar Denervation for Anterior Knee Pain
Reconstruction of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
Reconstruction of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
MPFL Reconstruction: Principles and Complications
Reconstruction of the Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
Reconstruction of the Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament: How I Do It
Osteotomies Around the Patellofemoral Joint
Sulcus Deepening Trochleoplasty
Rotational Tibial Osteotomy
Rotational Femoral Osteotomy
Patella Infera and Patella Alta
Anteromedial Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy (Fulkerson Osteotomy)
The Patella Thinning Osteotomy: A New Technique for Patellofemoral Arthritis
Cartilage Restoration in the Patellofemoral Joint
Autologous Osteochondral Mosaicplasty
Patellofemoral Allografts
Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: Pearls and Pitfalls
The Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: The Great Solution, the Great Problem
A Philosophy of the Patellofemoral Joint: A Logical Clinical Approach.