Patellofemoral pain diagnosis checklist
| Inclusion items | Exclusion items | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Total score |
| Baldon et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Bazett-Jones et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Bolgla et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Boling et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Boling et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Cichanowski et al | U | 1 | U | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Cowan et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Dierks et al | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Earl and Hoch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Ferber et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Finnoff et al | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ireland et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Magalhaes et al | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| McMoreland et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Nakagawa et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Nakagawa et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Piva et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Rathleff et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Roach et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Robinson et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Souza et al | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Souza et al | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Thijs et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Willson et al | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | U | 3 |
1=yes, 0=no and U=undetermined.
*Limited to previous 2 years.