Dr Ronald Grelsamer

Books



The Columbia Presbyterian Osteoarthritis Handbook. Grelsamer, RP and Loebl S Eds. New York:Macmillan, 1996.



The Patella: A Team Approach. RP Grelsamer, MD and J McConnell PT,GDMT. Aspen Press, 1998.



La Rotula – approcio d’equipe. RP Grelsamer, MD and J McConnell PT,GDMT, translated by A Albasini. Masson Milano, 2001.



What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Knee Pain and Surgery. Warner Books, 2002



What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery. Warner Books, 2004.

Book Chapters



Grelsamer RP, Colman WW, Staron RB: Use and misuse of MR Imaging about the Knee. In Current Techniques in Arthroscopy, 2nd edition. S. Parisien ed. Current Medicine, Philadelphia, 1995. Chapter 1 pp. 1 -10



Grelsamer RP, Weinstein C: Patellar Instability. Chapter 59 in The Adult Knee. Callaghan JJ, Rosenberg AG, Rubash HE, Simonian PT, Wickewicz TA, Ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003.



Grelsamer RP, Weinstein C: Patellar Pain. Chapter 60 in The Adult Knee. Callaghan JJ, Rosenberg AG, Rubash HE, Simonian PT, Wickewicz TA Ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003

Internet-only Publications



Patello-femoral Pain Course - Anatomy



Patello-femoral Pain Course - Important Concepts



Patello-femoral Pain Course - Differential Diagnosis



Patello-femoral Pain Course - Conditions interfering with the mechanics of the knee



Patello-femoral Pain Course - History



Patello-femoral Pain Course - Imaging - X-rays

Peer-reviewed journal publications



Farcy JP, Grelsamer RP; A Stabilizing Insert for Ender Nailing, Orthopaedic Review Vol 13 No.11 November 1984 pp.649-652.



Grelsamer RP, Choy D, Spivak J, Temperature rise in bone with laser removal of cement, Mediguide to Orthopaedics, March 1989.



Grelsamer RP, Cartier P: Comprehensive approach to the patella. Hospimedica, July-Aug 1989



Einhorn T, Grelsamer RP: The role of bone grafting in revision total hip replacement surgery. Bull.Hosp.Joint Dis. 49:10 July-August 1989.



Cartier P, Sanouiller JL, Grelsamer RP: Patellofemoral arthroplasty 2-12 year follow-up. J.Arthroplasty 5(1):49, 1990.



Grelsamer RP, Tedder J: The dysplastic femoral trochlea as seen on a lateral x-ray. Clin. Orthop. 281: 43-46 August 1992.



Grelsamer RP, Meadows S: The Modified Insall Ratio for Patella Alta, Clin.Orthop. 282 : 170-176, September 1992.



Grelsamer RP, Cartier P: A Unicompartmental Knee Replacement is Not ""Half a Total Knee"". Orthop. Rev. 21:1350-1356 1992 .



Grelsamer RP, Skaggs DL: Use of a sheathed knife in hip arthroscopy. Orthop. Review 22:1171 1993



Grelsamer RP, Bazos AN, Proctor CS: Roentgenographic Analysis of Patellar Tilt. J. Bone Joint Surg. 75B:822, 1993



Grelsamer RP, Proctor CS, Bazos AN: Evaluation of patellar shape in the sagittal plane. A clinical analysis. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 22:61-66, 1994.



Flatow EF, Ateshian GA, Soslowsky LJ, Pawluk RJ, Grelsamer RP, Mow VC, Bigliani LU: Computer Simulation of Glenohumeral and Patellofemoral Subluxation: Estimating Pathological Articular Contact. Clin.Orthop. 306:28-33, 1994.



Gardner TR, Ateshian GA, Grelsamer RP, Mow VC: A six degree of freedom knee testing device to determine patellar tracking and patellofemoral joint contact area via stereophotogrammetry. In Advances in Bioengineering, ASME, Ed. MJ Askew, BED28:279-280, 1994.



Iorio R,Eftekhar NE, Seneki S, Grelsamer R: Cemented Revision of Failed Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clin. Orthop. 316:121-130, 1995



Ratcliffe A, Grelsamer RP, Kiernan H, Saed-Nejad F, Visco D: High levels of aggrecan components are present in synovial fluids from human knee joints with chronic injury or osteoarthritis. Acta Orthop Scand (suppl 266) 66:111-115 1995.



Cartier P, Sanouiller J-L, Grelsamer RP: Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty - 10 year minimum follow-up period. J Arthroplasty. 11:782-788, 1996.



Obedian RS, Grelsamer RP: Osteochondritis dissecans of the distal femur and patella. Clinics in Sports Medicine (Arthroscopic surgery part II: the knee). W.B Saunders, Philadelphia. January 1997.



Grelsamer RP: Patellofemoral semantics: the tower of Babel. Am J Knee Surg. 10 (2): 92, 1997.



Grelsamer RP: Classifications of patellofemoral disorders. Am J Knee Surg 10 (2):96, 1997.



Kwak SD, Colman WW, Ateshian GA, Grelsamer RP, Henry JH, Mow VC: Anatomy of the human patellofemoral joint articular cartilage: a surface curvature analysis. J. Orthop. Res. 15:468-472. 1997.



Grelsamer RP: Patellofemoral arthroplasty. Techniques in Orthopaedics. 12:200-204, 1997.



Ateshian, G.A., Warden, W.H., Kim, J.J., Grelsamer, R.P., and Mow, V.C. Biphasic finite deformation material properties of bovine articular cartilage from confined compression experiments. Journal of Biomechanics, 30:1157-1164, 1997.



Grelsamer RP, Newton P, Staron RB: The medial-lateral position of the patella in routine MR imaging. Arthroscopy, 14:1-6, 1998.



Grelsamer RP, Klein J: The Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Patella. J Orthop. Sports Phys. Therapy. 28:286-298, 1998.



Grelsamer RP: The Nonsurgical Treatment of patellofemoral disorders. Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine. 7(2): 65-68, 1999.



Raimondo R, Ahmad C, Grelsamer R, April E, Henry J: The VMO - a new perspective. Orthopaedics 1999.



Kwak SD, Ahmad CS, Gardner TR, Grelsamer RP, Henry JH, Blankevoort L, Ateshian GA, Mow VC: Hamstrings and iliotibial band forces affect knee kinematics and contact pattern. J Orthopaedic Research, 18:101-108, 2000



Grelsamer, RP, Weinstein C: Applied biomechanics of the patella. Clin Orthop. 389:9-14, 2001



Grelsamer, RP: Physical Therapy for Patellar Pain. Maitrise Orthopédique. 107: 4-6, 2001



Cohen ZA, Roglic H, Grelsamer RP, Henry JH, Levine WN, Mow VC, Ateshian GA: Patellofemoral stresses during open and closed kinetic chain exercises. An analysis using computer simulation. Am J Sports Med, 4:480-487, 2001.



Grelsamer, RP: Pseudo patella baja after total knee replacement surgery. J Arthroplasty 17:66-69, 2002.



Bagchi K, Grelsamer RP: Partial fibular head resection for bilateral snapping biceps femoris tendon. Orthopedics. 26: 1147-1149, 2003



Grelsamer RP, Stein D: Proximal re-alignment for patellar instability. Techniques in Knee Surgery. 4:62-68, 2005.



Grelsamer RP: Patellar Nomenclature – The Tower of Babel Revisited. Symposium on patellofemoral arthroplasty. Clin. Orthop. 436:60-65, 2005.



Grelsamer RP, Dubey A, Weinstein C : Pelvic width has little effect on the Q angle. A trigonometric analysis. J Bone Joint Surgery. 87B:1498-1501, 2005

OTHER PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS



Grelsamer RP; Current Orthopaedic Weight-Bearing Materials - a Review, Orthopaedic Review Vol 12 No.6 June 1983 pp.31-43.



Grelsamer RP: Biomechanics of the Hip -Old and New, Surgical Rounds for Orthopaedics 1:6, June 1987 pp.13-19.



Grelsamer RP, Medical Complications of Joint Replacements, Hospital Practice, Vol.23 No.7 1988 pp.164-172.



Grelsamer RP, Cartier Ph: Comprehensive approach to patellar pathology. Contemporary Orthopaedics 20:493 1990.



Grelsamer RP: Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Cortlandt Forum, pp 68-73 October 1990.



Grelsamer, RP: HTO vs. HTO and Maquet. Letters to the Editor. Clin. Orthop. 260:310 1990.



Grelsamer RP: ""Unsatisfactory Results with a Ceramic Total Hip Prosthesis"". Letter to the Editor, J. Bone Joint Surg. 73-A:1112 Aug 1991.



Grelsamer RP, Cartier P: Patellofemoral Replacement Surgery Chap. 20 in The Patellofemoral Joint, Fox JM and DelPizzo W Ed., McGraw-Hill 1993



Tohyama H, Mow VC, Grelsamer RP: Cartilage function and mechanics. Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review. 2:189-202 1994.



Grelsamer RP, Colman WW, Mow VC: The anatomy and biomechanics of the patella. Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review. 2:178-188 1994.



Grelsamer RP, Newton PM: Imaging of the patello-femoral joint. Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review 2:226-236 1994.



Grelsamer RP: On Bended knee - Knee Braces - Current Concepts. Biomechanics Magazine. 1(3):39-44 1994.



Mow VC, Newton P, Grelsamer RP: Biomechanics of Articular Cartilage and Meniscus. in Textbook of Knee Surgery FH Fu, CD Harner, KG Vince Ed., Williams and Wilkins, pp101-140, 1994.



Grelsamer RP: Unicompartmental Knee Arthritis - Current Concepts. J Bone Joint Surg. 77A:278-292, 1995



Grelsamer RP: Use of a cement gun versus finger packing of cement in total hip replacement surgery. Letter to the Editor. J. Bone and Joint Surg. 77A:808, 1995



Grelsamer, RP: The asymptomatic woman’s knee - counterpoint. Biomechanics July/August p.33 1995.



Grelsamer RP: Patella resurfacing versus retention in total knee replacement surgery. Letter to the Editor. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.78B:853-854, 1996.



Grelsamer, RP: Patellar Malalignment - Current Concepts. J Bone Joint Surg. 82A:1639-1650, 2000



Grelsamer, RP: Letter to the Editor re “Immediate surgical repair of the medial patellar stabilizers for acute patellar dislocation”. Am J Sports Med., 29:389, 2001



Grelsamer RP: Letter to the Editor re “ The sulcus angle and malalignment of the extensor mechanism of the knee.” J Bone Joint Surg, 83:772-773, 2001



Grelsamer, RP: Patellar taping. Letter to the Editor. Am J Sports Med. 29, 2001.



Grelsamer RP, Stein D: Rotational Malalignment of the patella, in Common Patellofemoral Problems, J Fulkerson, Ed., American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Monograph Series. Chapter 2, 19-28, 2005.



Grelsamer RP: Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee (letter). J. Bone Joint Surg, 87A: 1886 – 1887, 2005.



Grelsamer RP, Stein D: Patellofemoral Arthritis. Current Concepts Review. J Bone Joint Surg. 88A:1849-1860, 2006.

Non peer-reviewed publications



Cartier P, Grelsamer RP: The MOD III Unicompartmental Surgical Technique, Richards Publication 1989.



Cartier P, Grelsamer RP: Patello-femoral replacement surgery - surgical technique, Richards Publication 1990.



Grelsamer RP, Fulkerson JP, Kolowich P, Micheli L: The Patello-Femoral Joint. Round Table Symposium. Contemporary Orthopaedics pp. 251-264. April 1996.



Grelsamer RP: Should lasers be used in orthopaedic surgery? - con. Orthopaedic Special Edition 1997.



Grelsamer RP: When to order MRI for knee injuries. J Musculoskeletal Medicine, p.621, November 1999.



Grelsamer, RP: Letter to the Editor, Custom Patellofemoral Replacement in the Presence of Trochlear Dysplasia, eJBJS, Aug 9th 2006 http://www.ejbjs.org:80/cgi/eletters/88/7/1475#2059