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University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Lun VMY, Wiley JP, Meeuwisse WH, et al. Clin J Sport Med 2005;15:235–40[Medline]
Background: Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), a common clinical problem in sports medicine, is usually treated non-operatively with an exercise rehabilitation programme—the use of adjunctive bracing has not been well established.
Research question/s: How effective is patellar bracing in reducing pain and increasing function compared with a home exercise rehabilitation programme in the treatment of PFPS?
Methodology: Subjects: 129 patients with PFPS subjects (male = 57, female = 79) (total of 197 affected knees).
Experimental procedure: Once included in the study, baseline assessments were performed on all subjects including knee function and pain ratings (VAS 0–10) for three situations: knee pain during sport activity (VAS-Sport), knee pain 1 hr after sport activity (VAS-Sport 1hr), and knee pain after sitting with knees bent for 30 min (VAS-Sit). Subjects were randomly assigned to one
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