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What causes a knee to slip out of place?
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Patella : Usually this refers to knee cap instability. This is caused from 1) muscle weakness/imbalance 2) trauma causing ligament/capsule laxity or 3) bone deformity usually from a shallow trochlear groove (the groove in the femur that the patella sits in).
Answered 4/23/2019
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