Somatosensory and Biomechanical Abnormalities in Females With Patellofemoral Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Chronic patellofemoral pain (PFP) is a common orthopedic condition for which little is understood of the alterations in pain processing such as hyperalgesia, hypoesthesia, and the relationship of altered knee mechanics to hyperalgesia. We assessed pain, pressure pain thresholds (PPT), detection to light touch, and the relationship of pain and PPTs to knee abduction angle during a stair step down task between females with and without PFP.

Materials and methods

Twenty females diagnosed with PFP and 20 age-matched pain-free females participated in this study. Individuals underwent an instrumented assessment of knee mechanics during a stair step down task, PPT and detection of light touch over the center of the patella and lateral retinaculum, and PPT outside painful

SUBMITTER: Noehren B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882282 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature