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Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy· 2018Q1

The infrapatellar fat pad is a dynamic and mobile structure, which deforms during knee motion, and has proximal extensions which wrap around the patella

Joanna M. Stephen, Ran Sopher, Sebastian Tullie, Andrew A. Amis et al.

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The infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) has novel proximal extensions along the patella (medial: 100% of specimens, 56.2mm; lateral: 83%, 23.9mm) and deforms dynamically, displacing superiorly and posteriorly during knee flexion, conforming to joint surfaces.

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Field: Biomedical Engineering

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