Patellar mobs (mobilizations) are when a physician or therapist moves your knee cap (patella) either up and down or side to side. This is done to encourage proper joint function and enhance mobility.
The patellar reflex is inhibited
Because the tendon in relaxed
It's a bone spur on the top part of the kneecap.
fluid inside the knee joint
knee jerk aka patellar reflex is an example of a stretch reflex
Patellar fx is shorthand for patellar fracture, or a broken kneecap.
The patellar tendon, just underneath the kneecap
Patellar means related to the patella bone. Patella is a sesamoid bone in the front of the knee joint. Terms are used like pre-pattellar or post-patellar. Pre-patellar means proximal to the patella or post patellar means distal to the patella bone. Patellar tendon or patellar dislocation. The expert in the English grammar should comment on the correctness of the term, please.
The patellar region is DISTAL to the femoral region.
The patellar reflex is inhibited
The patellar reflex is more vigorous after exercise.
In order to provoke the patellar reflex one must strike the patellar tendon with a tendon hammer (and only a tendon hammer, striking with an ordinary hammer is ill-advised). In other words, strike the region immediately below the patella.
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Patellar reflex is an involuntary, deep tendon and myotatic reflex
The patella and anterior tbia attach to the patellar ligament.
mobs