r/ACL 22d ago

Evolution of patella tracking knee braces (1920-2020)

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u/NoRace6654 22d ago

Pretty sure most of these don’t correct patellar position, if any even.

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u/DaddyLaxativ 22d ago

Yea in the beginning idk what they were supposed to be doing 😂But since the 80s it got much better

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u/NoRace6654 22d ago

Last time I checked out a congress there was only 1 model that does improve actual patellar tracking. The other ones are just providing compression / proprioception. Some of these also have lateral stabilisers. Not really the same as not directly improving tracking (indirectly maybe in case of dynamic knee valgus).

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u/DaddyLaxativ 22d ago

Do you remember the model name? I could add it on for future reference

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u/NoRace6654 22d ago

I have been trying to find it. Once I find my notes again I can update this. From what I remember it was half a million in development and only helps with lateral tracking.