RARE CASE OF SIMULTANEOUS RUPTURE OF BOTH PATELLAR TENDONS IN A 52-YEAR-OLD MAN: ABOUT A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
M. Abakka*, H. El Ouagari, M. El Mhadder, M. J. Mekkaoui, M. Bouffetal, R. A. Bassir, M. Kharmaze, M. O. Lamrani and M. S. Berrada.
ABSTRACT
The knee extensor device is essential to maintain the upright position. It is made up of the quadriceps and its tendon, the patella and the patellar tendon which attaches to the anterior tibial tuberosity. The four muscular heads of the quadriceps (vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, rectus femoris) join distally in their tendinous part and form the quadriceps tendon which is inserted on the superior pole of the patella. The patellar tendon attaches on the one hand to the lower pole of the patella and, on the other hand, to the anterior tibial tuberosity. These elements follow one another and form a single biomechanical unit allowing the active extension of the knee. Rupture of any of these elements results in complete inability to actively extension of the knee.
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