Influence of exercises on patellar height in women with patellofemoral pain syndrome

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the patellar height of volunteers with and without patellofemoral pain syndrome (PPS) during maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) in open kinetic chain (OKC) and closed kinetic chain (CKC) exercises.METHODS: Twenty healthy women, and nineteen women with patellofemora...

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Main Authors: Lilian Ramiro Felicio, Ana Claudia Spechoto Camargo, Augusto do Prado Baffa, Débora Bevilaqua-Grossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2014-01-01
Series:Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522014000200082&tlng=en