Bill Post toasts Dr Laurie Hiemstra, IPSG host 2019 and Patellofemoral scholar
Bill Post, chairman of IPSG proposes a toast to Dr Laurie Hiemstra, IPSG host 2019 and Patellofemoral scholar
International Patellofemoral Study Group – Banff, Canada
The International Patellofemoral Study Group met in Banff Canada September 25-28. Here are (left to right): Betina Hinckel, Seth Sherman, Allan Merchant, Joan Merchant, Sylvia Sherman, Sabrina Strickland, and Andreas Gomoll
IPSG met in Ghent Belgium August 29-31, 2013
The International Patellofemoral Study Group met in Ghent Belgium August 29-31, 2013 under the leadership of past PF Foundation traveling fellow, Fredrik Almqvist.
Patella course hosted at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
On April 25th 2009, Ronald Grelsamer, MD and James Gladstone, MD hosted a Patella course at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. It was standing room only, as over 130 orthopedists, physical therapists and allied health professionals listened to a panel of experts taken mostly from the International Patellofemoral Study Group. These included Vicente Sanchez-Alfonso and Fred Almqvist (who flew in from Spain and Belgium respectively), Rick Cautilli from Philadelphia, Jack Farr (Indianapolis), Wayne Leadbetter from Baltimore, Anthony Schepsis (Boston), as well as Elliot Hershman and Eveline Erni (PT) from New York. John Fulkerson, MD, founder of the International Patellofemoral Study Group and of the Patellofemoral Foundation was the Keynote Speaker. (Submitted by Ronald Grelsamer MD)
PFF General Statement of Agreement
Patellofemoral General Agreement Statement from the PFF/ IPSG Consensus meeting sponsored by DJO International on March 6, 2008 Focal loading can be a cause of PF pain. Overuse or at times cyclical overload of soft tissue or bone areas may explain the unusual and sometimes ill defined nature of anterior knee pain in some patients (Dye theory of envelope of load acceptance) Treatment should establish load reduction. Patellofemoral imbalance (including but not limited to malalignment) may cause pain by virtue of cyclical soft tissue and/or bone overload. Focal supraphysiological loading can, in some patients, be a cause of PF pain. Structural damage of articular cartilage does not always result in anterior knee pain. However, there is growing evidence that a subset of patients with chondral lesions may have a component of their pain related to that lesion. There are many alternatives for non-operative PF pain treatment that should be considered some of which may include medications that affect neural pain transmission. History, exam, imaging and response to treatment (differential injection, specific unloading, medication and multidisciplinary evaluation) should [...]
PF Strategic Alliances Announced March 6, 2008
PFF has established close working relationships with the International Society of Arthorscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), the International Patellofemoral Study Group (IPSG) and the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA). Pictured: Board Members Left-Right: Philippe Neyret, M.D., Eric Dahlinger, M.D, Jack Bert, M.D. (incoming president of AANA) Peter Jokl M.D., Jack Farr, M.D., John Fulkerson, M.D, Eric Jania, and Anthony Schepsis, M.D. Patellofemoral Foundation Board of Directors meeting with Jack Bert, incoming president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), in San Francisco on March 6, 2008. The Board of Directors welcomed Jack Bert, incoming president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America(AANA), to the meeting and discussed a strategic alliance of the PFF with AANA to promote education of orthopedic surgeons about the patellofemoral joint. A proposal regarding this relationship was submitted to the AANA Board of Directors At its Board of Directors meeting April 2008, The Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) approved a formal relationship with the Patellofemoral Foundation (PFF) as a way of fostering and promoting patellofemoral research and education. The shared [...]
