Trial reportKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2004
Effect of bracing on the prevention of anterior knee pain--a prospective randomized study.
Trial report in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Exercise Programs to Reduce the Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Personnel: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- Compliance with Sport Injury Prevention Interventions in Randomised Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Pooled it
- Knee orthoses for treating patellofemoral pain syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing lower limb soft-tissue running injuries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Use of Running Equipment Predicts Running-Related Injury in Adult Runners: A Cohort Study of 7347 Runners From the Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study.Translational sports medicine · 2025Article
- Knee Pads Do Not Affect Physical Performance in Young Female Volleyball Players.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Patellofemoral pain: proximal, distal, and local factors, 2nd International Research Retreat.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2012Article
- The effect of prophylactic knee bracing on performance: balance, proprioception, coordination, and muscular power.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2011Article
- Infrapatellar Straps Decrease Patellar Tendon Strain at the Site of the Jumper's Knee Lesion: A Computational Analysis Based on Radiographic Measurements.Sports health · 2011Article
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS): a systematic review of anatomy and potential risk factors.Dynamic medicine : DM · 2008Article
- The influence of patellar bracing on patellar and knee load-distribution and kinematics: an experimental cadaver study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2008Article
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Abstract
There have been numerous reports about the use of knee braces to prevent traumatic knee injuries. Despite the frequent use of braces, very few prospective studies have been performed to study the effect of knee braces for preventing anterior knee pain syndrome (AKPS). The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a dynamic patellofemoral brace (On-Track System, dj Orthopedics) in the prevention of AKPS. 167 military recruits without history of knee pain were randomized into two groups prior to the start of their 6-week basic military training (BMT) program. The first group (brace group) consisted of 54 recruits who wore the braces for all physical activities during these 6 weeks. 113 recruits served as a control group, and followed the same 6-week strenuous training program. Chi square statistics (Fisher exact test) were used to compare the number of AKPS patients in the brace group and in the non-brace group. Our results indicated that recruits in the brace group appeared to develop significantly less anterior knee pain compared to the recruits in the control group (p=0.020). Out of the 54 recruits in the brace group, ten (18.5%) developed anterior knee pain during this study. In the control group (n=113), 42 recruits (37%) developed anterior knee pain. We conclude that the result of the present study suggests that the use of a dynamic patellofemoral brace is an effective way to prevent the development of anterior knee pain in persons undergoing a strenuous training program.
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