The Oswestry Disability Index is not a good measure for low back pain in adolescents: A Rasch analysis of data from 200 people.

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the modified Oswestry Disability Index in adolescents with low back pain through Rasch analysis.

Design: This is a psychometric study.

Setting: Physical therapy clinics of a large pediatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio (United States).

A sequential cognitive and physical approach (SCOPA) for patellofemoral pain: a randomized controlled trial in adolescent patients.

Objective:: To compare a sequential treatment algorithm considering psychosocial and physical impairments, with a conventional rehabilitation approach considering only physical impairments in adolescents with patellofemoral pain.

Design:: A randomized, single-blind, controlled study.

Participants:: Fifty-five adolescents (36 females; mean age 14.

Evaluation of a treatment algorithm for patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a pilot study.

Background: Treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) has been extensively studied in physical therapy literature. Patients with PFPS demonstrate quadriceps and hip musculature weakness, altered lower extremity (LE) kinematics, and decreased LE flexibility. Psychosocial factors have also been identified as an important factor in patients with PFPS.