Patellar fracture 10 months still pain, the possible causes are patellar fracture cartilage damage produced by traumatic joint, poor fracture healing, no good functional exercise after fracture, muscle soft tissue contracture.
1. Traumatic arthritis: due to the patella fracture is more serious, and lead to the patellofemoral joint cartilage surface damage, intra-articular osteophyte, and lead to a post-traumatic arthritis.
2. Poor fracture healing: a small portion of the fracture is poorly repositioned, local micro-movement is obvious, resulting in non-union of the fracture, and pain after activity.
3. Lack of functional exercise: there will be severe pain after fracture, and a few people are afraid of functional exercise after fracture surgery due to fear of pain, which leads to joint stiffness and muscle atrophy. Or conservative treatment of plaster external fixation for one month, due to the fixed knee joint can not perform functional exercise, easy to appear knee stiffness, pain, muscle atrophy around the joint.
After the patella fracture should follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment, regular review, rehabilitation exercises under the guidance of a professional doctor, if there is any discomfort promptly consult a doctor.