Proprioceptive abilities of patients with a patellar pain syndrome with special reference to the effect of an elastic knee bandage |
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Authors: | J. Jerosch K. Schmidt M. Prymka |
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Affiliation: | Orthop?dische Klinik und Poliklinik München Harlaching, XX Institut für Sportmedizin, Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t Münster, XX
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Abstract: | Summary In the presented study, knee joint proprioception of 43 patients with a patellar pain syndrome of the knee joint was evaluated. In a control group, the proprioception of 30 healthy volunteers with clinical and anamnestic inconspicous knee joints was examined. We tested the proprioceptive capability of the subjects with a passive angle reproduction test. Additionally, all knee joints were measured with and without an elastic knee bandage. The patient group showed significant deterioration of angle reproduction capability (13.2 °± 6.1 °) compared to the control group (7.8 °± 2.8 °). After applying an elastic knee bandage, the angle reproduction capability significantly improved to 9.2 °± 4.5 °. Proprioception of the contralateral, noninvolved knee joint in the patients (11.6 °± 6.3 °) was worse compared to the control group. Applying an elastic knee bandage did not significantly improve the proprioception of the uninjured knee joint. |
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Keywords: | Proprioception • Patellar pain syndrome |
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