BACKGROUND Little epidemiological information exists on overuse injuries in elite road cyclists. Anecdotal reports indicate anterior knee pain and lower back pain may be common problems. PURPOSE This study was conducted to register overuse injuries among professional road cyclists with special focus on anterior knee and lower back pain. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiology study. METHODS...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between knee muscle strength and knee pain in activities of daily living, based on consideration of the difference between extension and flexion strength (Q - H) and the hamstring:quadriceps (H:Q) ratio in patients with knee osteoarthritis. [Subjects and Methods] The participants were 78 females with knee osteoarthritis, and ...

BACKGROUND Persistent unexplained pain around the knee can be a perplexing problem. Reports of complex regional pain syndrome involving primarily knee have been published, yet complex regional pain syndrome of the knee is infrequently included in differential diagnosis of pain out of proportion. CASE PRESENTATION A 54 year old female presented to the physiotherapy outpatient department with c...

INTRODUCTION Knee cap pain is the most common knee complaint seen in young adults. 1,2,3 Knee pain treatment research is vast. However little research has been conducted with a popular and relatively new treatment called the myofascial release technique (MRT). This treatment is a hands-on soft-tissue injury treatment utilized globally by many health care professionals. The objective of this stu...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether knee pain in the community behaves like a regional pain syndrome, determined by its association with mental health, self-rated health (SRH) and beliefs about prognosis. METHODS An 18-month postal follow-up was conducted in 1798 working-aged subjects, sampled from the community. At baseline questions were asked about pain in the knee lasting > or =1 day in the...

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the commonest degenerative joint disease affecting older adults. Risk factors for the knee OA includes female gender, advanced age, overweight, obesity, previous knee injuries, previous knee surgery, and certain jobs that require continuous knee bending. Pain is the major symptom of knee OA and increased pain causes reduced physical function and poor quality o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare body fat mass, muscular endurance, multi-joint coordination and proprioception between sedentary adult women with and without knee pain. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 149 women. All participants were evaluated using the Visual Analog Scale to determine knee pain during specific functions and divided into 2 groups accordingly. The kn...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation of radiographic features of osteoarthritis to knee pain in people with knees discordant for knee pain in two cohorts. DESIGN Within person, knee matched, case-control study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Participants in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) and Framingham Osteoarthritis studies who had knee radiographs and assessments of knee pain. MAIN OUTCOM...