Patellofemoral joint forces and stress during forward step-up, lateral step-up, and forward step-down exercises

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-248

  Chinkulprasert, Vachalathiti ^a   Vachalathiti, Roongtiwa ^a   Powers, Christopher M ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Biomechanics; Patella; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; Step exercises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954527067     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2011.3408     Document Type: Article

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