A systematic review of randomized controlled trials on exercise parameters in the treatment of patellofemoral pain: What works?

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 383-392

  Harvie, Daniel ^a   O’leary, Timothy ^a   Kumar, Saravana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lower limb; Musculature; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; PFPS; Repetitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877919004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S24595     Document Type: Review

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