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PURPOSE: We intend to provide more objective data for diagnosis of the patellofemoral pain syndrome by analyzing the positional changes of the patella radiologically.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 42 normal...
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFS) is one of the most common types of anterior knee pain and many studies reported the patellofemoral malalignments (such as high patella, increased sulcus angle and...
Kim HJ, Kwon JY, Kim JS, Kim MW, Bang HJ, Lee WI, Ko YJ
KMID: 2178458
J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.
2006 Oct;30(5):481-484.
OBJECTIVE: Neuromuscular imbalance of vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis muscles is one of the major causes of patellofemoral pain syndrome. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of...
OBJECTIVE: Inappropriate neural control of the quadriceps femoris muscle group has been implicated in patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) and the methods of biomechanical assessment of PFPS has been developed recently....
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of isometric hip adduction and abduction on the activity of vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) during semisquat and squat exercise.
METHOD: Thirty healthy...