Patellofemoral pain was described as “pain around or behind the patella, which is aggravated by at least one activity that loads the patellofemoral joint during weight bearing on a flexed knee.
6 recent recommendations from the expert panel:
- Exercise therapy is recommended to reduce pain in short; medium and long term, and improve function in the medium and long term.
- Combining hip and knee exercise is recommended
- Combined interventions are recommended to reduce pain in adults with patellofemoral pain in the short and medium term.
- Foot orthoses recommended reducing pain in the short term.
- Patellofemoral, knee and lumbar mobilization and electro physical agents are no recommended
- Electrophysical agents are not recommended.