Training Program and Additional Electric Muscle Stimulation for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1230-1236

  Bily, Walter ^a   Trimmel, Lukas ^a   Mödlin, Michaela ^a   Kaider, Alexandra ^b   Kern, Helmut ^a  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Knee; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45949094088     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.048     Document Type: Article

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