Is body composition associated with an increased risk of developing anterior knee pain in adolescent female athletes?

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-19

  Barber Foss, Kim D ^a,b   Hornsby, Myles ^b   Edwards, Nicholas M ^a,c   Myer, Gregory D ^a,c,d,e   Hewett, Timothy E ^a,c,d,e  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Anthropometrics; Biomechanics; BMI z score; Body fat; Body mass index; Patellofemoral pain; PFP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN; ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN SCALE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL KNEE DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE JOINT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; SPORTS;

EID: 84859819170     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2012.02.1947     Document Type: Article

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