How to Use patella in a Sentence

patella

noun

• Team physicians were able to get his patella back in place on the field.
  — Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2019
• Dale sustained a patella tendon strain late in the first half and didn’t return.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
• But a patella stress fracture caused him to miss training camp.
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, charlotteobserver, 17 Jan. 2018
• Swanson, however, tore her left patella tendon in the game and is out for the World Cup.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 July 2023
• Defensive lineman DJ Dale left the game in the first half with a patella tendon strain.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 11 Nov. 2021
• That knee slam triggered a rupture in the patella tendon.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• The patella bone can be broken during a fall or an impact.
  — Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• Miller was on the DL twice last season with patella tendinitis.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018
• Swanson tore her patella tendon in a game against Ireland in April.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 17 June 2023
• Speaking of toughness: Lavine played through a tear in one of his patella tendons last season.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
• The team also had good news, too: the removal of the wire should alleviate the soreness, and the patella has healed completely.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2018
• In the traditional method, surgeons use a portion of the knee patella tendon to replace the ACL.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Then, last year, in a preseason game against the Chiefs, Grant suffered a broken patella and again was out for the entire season.
  — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
• Mahomes dislocated the patella in the knee while sneaking for a first down in last week’s win in Denver.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
• This exercise strengthens the quadriceps, the large muscle at the front of the thigh, and stabilizes the knee joint by keeping the patella, or kneecap, in place through the movement.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
• In April 2023, during a match against Ireland, Mallory was carted off the field in the first half with a torn patella tendon in her left knee.
  — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
• Such an injury often is repaired by reattaching the tendon to the patella with sutures though drill holes in the bone.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 2021
• Traffic accidents are the cause of 78.3% of patella fractures.
  — Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• Carter-Williams had Platelet-Rich Plasma injections in both knees over the summer to treat patella soreness.
  — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 31 Oct. 2017
• Nets point guard Jeremy Lin ruptured the patella tendon in his right knee and is expected to miss the remainder of the season. . .
  — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• His legs weakened after surgery to repair the patella tendon in both knees immobilized him for three months at the end of the 2016 season.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Ohtani will need 8 to 12 weeks to recover from surgery on a bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Kuminga strained the patella tendon in his right knee Oct. 6 and will be reevaluated Oct. 22, according to the team.
  — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021
• Francois tore his left patella tendon in the first game of the 2017 season against Alabama, missing the remainder of the season.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• Recovery from a torn patella tendon can take six to 12 months, but Conklin is apparently on the short end of that.
  — cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
• He was ruled out with right patella tendon soreness, leaving Milwaukee with just seven players the rest of the game.
  — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2021
• Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a ruptured patella tendon of the right knee, the team announced.
  — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Zeller, who has been out with a small fracture of his right patella, is progressing and will be re-evaluated next week, the team announced.
  — oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021
• Physicians used what is called a reduction maneuver to guide the patella back into place, and Mahomes was helped to his feet and shooed away to a waiting cart.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• Carter-Williams, who has previously missed games with left knee pain, had Platelet-Rich Plasma treatments on the patella tendons in both knees.
  — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 8 Sep. 2017

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