Patellofemoral pain syndrome diagnosis checklist26
| Inclusion items | Exclusion items | Total score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | Clear definition of location | Insidious onset unrelated to trauma | Symptoms consistent with diagnosis | Previous knee surgery | Internal derangement | Ligamentous instability | Other sources of anterior knee pain | |
| Souza and Powers35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Cowan et al32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Nakagawa et al38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Ott et al40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Aminaka et al36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Willson et al31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Boling et al34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brindle et al39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Earl et al33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Saad et al37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |