Anterior knee pain, with or without joint crepitus during squatting, is the common clinical feature in the individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). Altered lower extremity alignment and lumbo-pelvic-thigh muscles motor control is often associated with PFPS. Although current interventions recommend individual muscle activation and strength training exercises, the reported benefits of cocontraction−based exercises in PFPS is limited. This might be due to the long-standing hypothesis that exercise-induced cocontraction of thigh muscles may induce a negative effect by increasing the joint contact forces in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. This case report demonstrates that neuromuscular re-education performed with lumbo-pelvic-thigh muscle cocontraction may improve functional performance and reduce patellofemoral joint crepitus in PFPS. Further controlled trials are necessary to generalize these results.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	squatting reeducation, patellofemoal pain, knee pain
Research Division:	Health Sciences
Research Group:	Allied health and rehabilitation science
Research Field:	Physiotherapy
Objective Division:	Health
Objective Group:	Clinical health
Objective Field:	Human pain management
UTAS Author:	Manickaraj, N (Dr Nagarajan Manickaraj)
ID Code:	148367
Year Published:	2018
Web of Science® Times Cited:	1
Deposited By:	Health Sciences
Deposited On:	2022-01-04
Last Modified:	2022-03-10
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