The effectiveness of exercise in treating patellofemoral-pain syndrome

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-342

  Loudon, Janice Kaye ^a   Gajewski, Byron ^a   Goist Foley, Heather L ^a   Loudon, Karen Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Closed chain exercise; Lower extremity function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 16444379754     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.13.4.323     Document Type: Article

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