Objective The study aimed to investigate whether there is any association of anterior knee pain and knee function with chondromalacia stage and patellofemoral alignment in patients with anterior knee pain for over a month and with chondromalacia patellae (CMP) detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Materials and Methods We reviewed the medical records of 38 patients who underwent a kne...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the patellar height and degenerative changes of the knee by radiographic assessment after patellar tendon reconstruction for chronic anterior cruciate ligament deficiency. METHODS This series included 44 patients (44 knees) with an average age of 31 years and an average follow up of 58 months. The central one third of the patellar bone-tendon-b...

We report the outcome of 32 patients (37 knees) who underwent hemicallostasis with a dynamic external fixator for osteoarthritis of the medial compartment of the knee. There were 16 men (19 knees) and 16 women (18 knees) with a mean age at operation of 54.6 years (27 to 72). The aim was to achieve a valgus overcorrection of 2° to 8° or mechanical axis at 62.5% (± 12.5%). At a mean follow-up of ...

Biomechanical studies have shown the use of suture anchors (SA) to be superior to the traditional transosseous sutures (TS) in the repair of quadriceps tendon rupture (QTR). This study aimed to analyze and compare the functional outcomes of patients treated for quadriceps tendon ruptures using suture anchors or transosseous sutures. Patients having undergone suture anchor repair or transosseous...

The text introduces the discussion of M. Salvati’s volume, Camillo Pellizzi. Un intellettuale nell’Europa del Novecento, and outlines path that led Salvati to study

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Moving toward the north? The spatial shift of olive groves in Italy | Filippo Gambella, Leonardo Bianchini, Massimo Cecchini, Gianluca Egidi, Agostino Ferrara, Luca Salvati, Andrea Colantoni, Donato Morea Agricultural Journals

This paper comments on Mariuccia Salvati’s analysis of the life and work Camillo Pellizzi. The commented book comprehensively convincingly reconstructs Pellizzi’s personality in context fascist post-fascist Italy, focusing issues such as corporatism, theory elites, teaching sociology.