Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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Med Sci Sports Exerc · Feb 2005
Randomized Controlled TrialPhysical therapy improves knee flexion during stair ambulation in patellofemoral pain.
This study aimed to examine whether a physical therapy intervention, designed to reduce pain and improve the neuromotor control resulted in greater improvements in stance-phase knee flexion during stair ambulation in individuals with patellofemoral pain. The relationship between changes in stance-phase knee flexion and changes in pain, disability, and onset timing of individual vasti activity was also examined. ⋯ Physical therapy intervention resulted in significantly greater changes in knee joint motion than a placebo treatment, and these changes in knee motion were partly related to changes in pain and changes in onset timing of the vasti.
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Med Sci Sports Exerc · Feb 2005
Comparative StudyThe female athlete triad: are elite athletes at increased risk?
The aim of this study was to examine the percentage of elite athletes and controls at risk of the female athlete triad. ⋯ More athletes competing in leanness sports and more non-athlete controls were classified as being at risk of the Triad compared with athletes competing in non-leanness sports.