Patellar taping and bracing are thought to reduce chronic knee pain by increasing the patellofemoral contact area, which reduces stress in the knee joint. These interventions are popular, low-cost ...

Objectives: To investigate the effect of patellar taping on the amplitude of electromyographic activity (EMG) of vasti activation in subjects with and without patellofemoral pain (PFP). Methods: Ten ...

A patient comes to my office with bilateral knee pain that is present after riding his road or mountain bike. He has recently purchased his road bike to add to his training and the problem occurs soon ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The proximal medial patellar restraints, comprised of the medial patellofemoral ligament and the medial ...

Patellar instability is more common in children younger than the age of 16 years with an incidence of approximately 43 per 100,000 children per year. Although more than 100 different surgical ...

2 Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg, Denmark Background Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is a multifactorial and often persistent knee condition. One ...