ReviewKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2014
Patellofemoral pain syndrome.
Review in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 98 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effects of Routine Physical Therapy With and Without Core Stability Exercises in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome -a Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect Of Core Stabilization Exercises In Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Comparison of Concentric-eccentric Exercises in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Effect of Adding Inguinal Ligament Mobilization to Talonavicular Joint Mobilization on Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Who cites it
98 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 275 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- A systematic review about telemedicine in orthopedics.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for patellofemoral pain syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Dynamic proprioceptive training improves functional recovery in sprinters with patellofemoral pain: A randomized trial.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of a Mobile Multidisciplinary Digital Therapeutics App for Patellofemoral Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Home-based exercise program and Health education in patients with patellofemoral pain: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Trial
- Talonavicular joint mobilization and foot core strengthening in patellofemoral pain syndrome: a single-blind, three-armed randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of local exercise therapy versus spinal manual therapy in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: medium term follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Trial
- Effects of exercise combined with whole body vibration in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a randomised-controlled clinical trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Trial
- Efficacy and experience of arthroscopic lateral patella retinaculum releasing through/outside synovial membrane for the treatment of lateral patellar compression syndrome.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Trial
- Comparison of short-term effects of mobilization with movement and Kinesiotaping on pain, function and balance in patellofemoral pain.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2017Trial
- Evaluating the potential synergistic benefit of a realignment brace on patients receiving exercise therapy for patellofemoral pain syndrome: a randomized clinical trial.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2016Trial
- The Patella Pro study - effect of a knee brace on patellofemoral pain syndrome: design of a randomized clinical trial (DRKS-ID:DRKS00003291).BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2014Trial
- Biokinetic insights into the hip-spine relationship: no correlation between hip strength or flexibility and altered pelvic motion in patients with low back pain.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- In Vivo Classification of Patellar Motion Trajectories in Individuals: A 4D-CT-Based Study with Unsupervised Clustering.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- [Idiopathic anterior knee pain-what is the problem?]Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Anatomical Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders and Proposed Prevention Strategies.Physical therapy research · 2026Review
- Interpretable wrapper-based machine learning framework for predicting patellofemoral pain syndrome using minimal clinical tests.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Muscle Energy Technique, Strengthening, and Patellar Mobilization in the Physiotherapeutic Management of Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Quadriceps force direction affects patellofemoral kinematics without impacting tibiofemoral stability: a cadaveric study.Knee surgery & related research · 2025Article
38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
unlabelledThe patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a possible cause for anterior knee pain, which predominantly affects young female patients without any structural changes such as increased Q-angle or significant chondral damage. This literature review has shown that PFPS development is probably multifactorial with various functional disorders of the lower extremity. Biomechanical studies described patellar maltracking and dynamic valgus in PFPS patients (functional malalignment). Causes for the dynamic valgus may be decreased strength of the hip abductors or abnormal rear-foot eversion with pes pronatus valgus. PFPS is further associated with vastus medialis/vastus lateralis dysbalance, hamstring tightness or iliotibial tract tightness. The literature provides evidence for a multimodal non-operative therapy concept with short-term use of NSAIDs, short-term use of a medially directed tape and exercise programmes with the inclusion of the lower extremity, and hip and trunk muscles. There is also evidence for the use of patellar braces and foot orthosis. A randomized controlled trial has shown that arthroscopy is not the treatment of choice for treatment of PFPS without any structural changes. Patients with anterior knee pain have to be examined carefully with regard to functional causes for a PFPS. The treatment of PFPS patients is non-operative and should address the functional causes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V.
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