Taping the patella medially: A new treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee joint?

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6931, 1994, Pages 753-

  Cushnaghan, J ^a   Mccarthy, C ^a   Dieppe, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0028267484     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6931.753     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Morbidity statistics from general practice 1981–1982. London: HMSO, 1986. (Series MBS No 1.)
2. Spector TD Hart DJ. How serious is knee osteoarthritis? Ann Rheum Dis 1992; 51: 1105–6.
3. Dieppe PA. Management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joints. Current Opinion in Rheumatology 1993; 5: 487–93.
4. Bradley JD Brandt KD Katz BP Kalasinski LA Ryan SI. Comparison of an anti-inflammatory dose of ibuprofen, an analgesic dose of ibuprofen and acetaminophen in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. N Engl J Med 1991; 325: 87–91.
5. Dieppe PA Frankel SJ Toth B. Is reasearch into the treatment of osteoarthritis with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs misdirected? Lancet 1992; 341: 353–4.
6. Marks R. Quadriceps strength training for osteoarthritis of the knee: a literature review and analysis. Physiotherapy 1993; 79: 13–8.
7. McAlindon TE Snow S Cooper C Dieppe PA. Radiographic patterns of knee osteoarthritis in the community: The importance of the patellofemoral joint. Ann Rheum Dis 1993; 51: 844–9.
8. Ledingham J Regan M Jones A Doherty M. Radiographic patterns and associations of osteoarthritis of the knee in patients referred to hospital. Ann Rheum Dis 1993; 52: 520–6.
9. Iwano T Kurosawa H Tokuyama H Hoshikawa Y. Roentgenographic and clinical findings of patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Clin Orthop Related Research 1990; 252: 190–7.
10. McConnell JS. The management of chondromalacia patellae: a long term solution. Aust J Physiother 1986; 32: 215–23.
11. McConnell JS.Training the vastus medialis oblique in the management of patellofemoral pain.Proceedings of the 10th International Congress WCPT,1987, Sydney.
12. Altman RD. Critieria for classification of clinical osteoarthritis. J Rheum 1991; 18(suppl 27):10–2.
13. Spector TD Cooper C Cushnaghan J Hart DJ Dieppe PA. A radiographic atlas of knee osteoarthritis. London: Springer-Verlag, 1992.
14. Senn S. Crossover trials in clinical research. Chichester: Wiley, 1993: 137.
15. McAlindon TE Cooper C Kirwan JR Dieppe PA. Knee pain and disabilty in the community. Br J Rheum 1992; 32: 189–92.
16. Doucette SA Goble EM. The effect of exercise on patellar tracking in lateral patellar compression syndrome. Am J Sports Med 1992; 20: 434–40.
17. Dieppe PA. Osteoarthritis: The scale and scope of the clinical problem.In: Osteoarthritis: current research and prospects for pharmacological intervention. IBC Technical Services Ltd, 1991.
18. Rene J Weinberger M Mazzuca SA Brandt KD Katz BP. Reduction of joint pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis who have received monthly telephone calls from lay personnel and whose medical treatment regimens have remained stable. Arthritis Rheum 1992; 35: 511–5.