Related to patellofemoral instability: Jumper's kneein·sta·bil·i·ty (ĭn′stə-bĭl′ĭ-tē) n. pl. in·sta·bil·i·ties The quality or condition of being unstable: economic instability; emotional instability. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a relatively common disorder encountered in the clinical setting, affecting an estimated 7 to 40% of adolescents and active young adults. Backward walking alters vastus medialis oblique/vastus lateralis muscle activity ratio in females with patellofemoral pain synd...
Anterior knee pain is a commonly documented musculoskeletal disorder among badminton players. However, current biomechanical studies of badminton lunges mainly report kinetic profiles in the lower extremity with few investigations of in-vivo loadings. The objective of this study was to evaluate tissue ...
Background and Objectives: Acute lateral patellar dislocation (LPD) is the most common acute knee disorder in children and adolescents, and may lead to functional disability. The purpose of this study was to identify key differences and correlations of the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) morphology betwe...