Patellofemoral pain syndrome is a common musculoskeletal condition and major cause for anterior knee pain. It has been associated with excessive compression between the patella lateral femoral condyle. one of those overuse disorder that can limit activity daily living along participation in sports. The prevalence more on female than male ratio 2:1 it affect athletic solely due to greater intern...

Two very common scales used in the assessment of patellofemoral pain syndrome are the anterior knee pain scale and the lower extremity functional scale. There is only limited evidence regarding how specifically reliable and meaningful these scales are when assessing the syndrome. The purpose of this study was to assess which questions in both scales are suitable for patellofemoral pain syndrome...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of patellar taping on pain control, patellar alignment, and neuromuscular control (ie, vastus medialis oblique activation, knee extensor moment, etc) in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome. DATA SOURCES We searched MEDLINE, SPORT Discus, PEDro, and CINAHL through December 2004, using the key words patellar taping, therapeutic taping, McConnell tapi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Inappropriate neural control of the quadriceps femoris muscle group has been implicated in patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). This study investigated the timing of initial electromyographic (EMG) activity of the vastus medialis oblique muscle (VMO) and the vastus lateralis muscle (VL) in asymptomatic subjects and subjects with PFPS during reflex and voluntary muscle act...

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...

ATHLETIC THERAPY TODAY ATHLETIC THERAPY TODAY MARCH 2005  73 ATELLOFEMORAL-PAIN syndrome (PFPS) is a common knee disorder in young athletes participating in running, jumping, and cutting sports. The prevalence is approximately 25% among adolescent athletes.1 Clinically, females demonstrate a greater incidence of PFPS than their male cohorts. When exacerbated, PFPS forces young athletes to rest...

Objectives: To investigate the clinical efficacy of physiotherapy with and without superficial dry needling on patients with knee pain; patellofemoral pain syndrome. Methods: A randomized clinical trial conducted in 2015, Tehran, Iran. Of patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome, thirty-four subjects were randomly divided into two groups (17 in each group). Group A was subject...

BACKGROUND Therapeutic ultrasound is one of several rehabilitation interventions suggested for the management of pain due to patellofemoral pain syndrome. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness and side effects of ultrasound therapy for treating patellofemoral pain syndrome. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Healthstar, Sports Discus, CINAHL, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Regist...

Aim: To compare the effects of closed kinetic chain and open exercises in strengthening vastus medialis obliqus subjects with Patello-femoral pain syndrome. Methods: The study was a randomized controlled trial. It conducted to impact strengthen Vastus PFPS patients. For this purpose, 36 patients both males females age 20-40 years having were allocated randomly two experimental (group A group B)...