background: abnormal patellar height is associated with anterior knee pain and several conditions that affect the patellofemoral joint. the aim of this study was to 1) report the incidence of patella alta and patella baja and 2) investigate whether the normal limits of the insall-salvati ratio is applicable in adult middle-easterners. methods: a radiographic review of the lateral radiographs of...

    Background: Abnormal patellar height is associated with anterior knee pain and several conditions that affect the patellofemoral joint. The aim of this study was to 1) report the incidence of patella alta and patella baja and 2) investigate whether the normal limits of the Insall-Salvati ratio is applicable in adult Middle-Easterners. Methods: A radiographic review of the lateral radiograph...

abstract: in this research, the relationship between geomorphologic factors with underground water resources in zahab plain (in west of kermanshah) has been analyzed using by analyzing-deducing and weighting methods. first, by using of pizometeric and exploratory well data, variation of water table in zahab plain has been comparative analysis with geomorphic unites and then, the zahab watershed...