The addition of the protonics brace system to a rehabilitation protocol to address patellofemoral joint syndrome

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 210-219

  Denton, Jim ^a   Willson, John D ^b,e   Ballantyne, Bryon T ^c   Davis, Irene S ^b,d  

^a Carolina Sportscare and Phys Ther   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Drayer Physical Therapy   (United States)

^e Department of Biomechanics   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Hip rotation; Kujala score; Therapeutic exercise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT SYNDROME; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17244362111     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2005.35.4.210     Document Type: Article

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