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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Orthopedic Trauma

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The patellar tendon most commonly ruptures at?

Near its proximal end
Near its distal end
At the posterior pole of patella
All of these

Explanation

Answer: A - In the flexed knee position, the patellar tendon sustains greater stress than the quadriceps tendon, and the tensile load is much higher at the insertion sites than in the midsubstance of the tendon. Therefore, the patellar tendon most commonly ruptures near its proximal end, off the inferior pole of the patella.

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