background: patellar mal tracking is responsible for pain and disability in patellofemoral pain syndrome (pfps). patellar kinesio taping may have different effects on short and long term usage. the aim of this study is to compare the effect of short term and long term patellar kinesio taping in patellar position on women with patellofemoral pain syndrome using magnetic resonance imaging (mri). ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bicycle pedal design on the mechanics of the patellofemoral joint. Previous research determined that for certain riders the non-driving varus and internal knee moments could be reduced by switching from fixed to free floating pedals (Ruby and Hull, 1993). It was postulated that the presence of varus and internal knee moments during fixed pedal...

BACKGROUND Patella dislocation and re-dislocation are common diseases. Although patella dislocation is frequent, it always poses a challenge concerning diagnostics and therapy. Mixed forms of pathological disorder in the patellofemoral joint make the analysis of the malalignment and the choice of the correct treatment more difficult. MATERIAL AND METHODS By reviewing the available literature ...

Purpose: Increased patellofemoral joint reaction force (PFJRF) is the main cause of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFP). Foot pronation causes faulty joint coupling of the lower limb and increases the PFJRF. Therefore, the aim of systematic review is effect of the distal interventions on the clinical symptoms and kinematic of PFP patients.   Methods: The search strategy was carried out from Goo...

PURPOSE Elevated cartilage stress has been identified as a potential mechanism for retropatellar pain; however, there are limited data in the literature to support this mechanism. Females are more likely to develop patellofemoral pain than males, yet the causes of this dimorphism are unclear. We used experimental data and computational modeling to determine whether patients with patellofemoral ...

Pain in front of the knee is common in athletes and is often called patellofemoral arthralgia, but it is difficult to prove that the pain arises in that joint. Thermograms of 30 athletes clinically considered to have patellofemoral arthralgia were compared with those of a similar number of unaffected athletes matched for age and sex. A comparison was also made with thermograms of two older grou...

PURPOSE The pattern of symptoms of knee osteoarthritis has been thought to be indicative of specific compartment involvement. This study investigated whether there was a true correlation between patellofemoral joint (PFJ) symptoms and unicompartmental patellofemoral arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective analysis of 34 patients rendered to be suffering from PFJ osteoarthritis and subs...

CONTEXT Although disorders of the patellofemoral joint are common in the athlete, their management can be challenging and require a thorough physical examination and radiologic evaluation, including advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Relevant articles were searched under OVID and MEDLINE (1968 to 2010) using the keywords patellofemoral joint, patellofemoral p...