Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
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To explore feasibility of recruitment and retention of runners with patellofemoral pain (PFP), before delivering a step rate intervention. ⋯ Recruitment and retention of a mixed sex PFP cohort to a step rate intervention involving detailed biomechanical measures is feasible. There are indications of both likely efficacy and associated mechanisms. Future studies comparing the efficacy of different running retraining approaches are warranted.