Influence of patellofemoral pain syndrome on plantar pressure in the foot rollover process during gait.

Background: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome is one of the most common knee disorders among physically active young women. Despite its high incidence, the multifactorial etiology of this disorder is not fully understood.

Objectives: To investigate the influence of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome on plantar pressure distribution during the foot rollover process (i.

Inexpensive footwear decreases joint loading in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis.

Recent literature has highlighted that the flexibility of walking barefoot reduces overload in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). As such, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of inexpensive, flexible, non-heeled footwear (Moleca) as compared with a modern heeled shoes and walking barefoot on the knee adduction moment (KAM) during gait in elderly women with and without knee OA. The gait of 45 elderly women between 60 and 70 years of age was evaluated.

Medial contact and smaller plantar loads characterize individuals with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome during stair descent.

Objectives: To investigate plantar pressure distribution in individuals with and without Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome during the support phase of stair descent.

Design: Observational case-control study.

Participants: 30 young adults with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome and 44 matched controls.

Functional and EMG responses to a physical therapy treatment in patellofemoral syndrome patients.

There are several pathologies related to the patellofemoral joint, in which the patellofemoral syndrome is one of the most common and challenging to treat. The patellofemoral syndrome results from a malalignment of the knee extensor mechanism. The purpose of our study was to describe and compare EMG responses of the vastus medialis and vastus lateralis muscles while walking up and down stairs and other clinical and functional responses in PFS subjects before and after a physical therapy intervention.