Patellofemoral Joint Loading During Bodyweight One-Legged and Two-Legged BOSU and Floor Squats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While one-legged and two-legged bodyweight squats on unstable and stable surfaces are commonly used during patellofemoral rehabilitation, patellofemoral loading during these exercises is unknown. Understanding how patellofemoral force and stress magnitudes affects different squat variations will aid clinicians in determining how and when to prescribe and progress these squatting types of exercises in patients with patellofemoral pain.

Hypothesis/purpose

To quantify patellofemoral force and stress between two squat type variations (BOSU squat versus floor squat) and between two leg variations (one-legged squat versus two-legged squat). It was hypothesized that patellofemoral force and stress would be greater in BOSU squat than floor-squat, and greater in one-legged

SUBMITTER: Escamilla R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788085 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature