Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS): A systematic review of anatomy and potential risk factors

Dynamic Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Waryasz, Gregory R ^a,b   McDermott, Ann Y ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FOOT MALFORMATION; FUNCTION TEST; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; ILIOTIBIAL BAND FRICTION SYNDROME; INNERVATION; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATELLA CHONDROMALACIA; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; Q ANGLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 46749115576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14765918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-5918-7-9     Document Type: Review

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