Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is a frequent cause of anterior knee pain in athletes, which affects patients with and without structural patellofemoral joint (PFJ) damage. Most younger patients do not have any structural changes to the PFJ, such as an increased Q angle and a cartilage damage. This clinical entity is known as patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). Older patients usually present with si...

INTRODUCTION Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a debilitating knee impairment and one of the most common causes of orthopaedic related physician visits each year [1] in the general as well as athletic populations. Despite highly concentrated research efforts, the etiology of the pain is not fully understood. Patellofemoral (PF) pain has been demonstrated to be associated with altered PF jo...

BACKGROUND Current multimodal approaches for the management of non-specific patellofemoral pain are not optimal, however, targeted intervention for subgroups could improve patient outcomes. This study explores whether subgrouping of non-specific patellofemoral pain patients, using a series of low cost simple clinical tests, is possible. METHOD The exclusivity and clinical importance of potent...

BACKGROUND Patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis is a highly prevalent disease and an important source of pain and disability. Nonetheless, biomechanical risk factors associated with this disease remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to compare biomechanical factors that are associated with patellofemoral joint loading during walking between individuals with isolated patellofemoral joint ...

ABSTRACT Patellofemoral pain (PFP) may contribute to less activation of the quadriceps muscle, favoring joint overload and pain. Neuromuscular efficiency (NME) is a variable that evaluates relationship between amount neural stimuli ability generate force in given with most efficient being one produces greater muscle force, fibers. In this sense, study aimed evaluate strength NME knee extensors ...

Electromyographic biofeedback is a therapeutic modality used along with other interventions in the treatment of pain. This article presents a brief review of the effectiveness of electromyographic biofeedback in treating musculoskeletal pain. Electromyographic biofeedback may provide pain relief for chronic musculoskeletal pain due to cumulative trauma, and may be proposed as an additional inte...

Patellofemoral ağrı sendromu (PFAS), fleksiyon ve ekstansiyon sırasında dize aşırı yüklenme nedeniyle çömelle, koşma, tırmanma merdiven inip çıkma gibi ekleme yük binen aktiviteler ki ön diz ağrısı olarak tanımlanır. Klinik teşhiste altın bir standart yoktur. Olabilecek diğer problemler elimine edilerek tanı konulur. Konservatif tedavide nonsteroid anti-inflamatuvar ilaçlar, dizlik, bantlama, g...

Background: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a common anterior knee compartment pain etiology. It has been aimed to assess the ultrasonographic findings of patellofemoral joint in patients with PFPS versus healthy individuals. Materials and Methods: The current case-control investigation was performed on 30 cases suffering from individuals Isfahan during 2020-21. All underwent ultrasonogr...