Differences in patellar cartilage thickness, transverse relaxation time, and deformational behavior: a comparison of young women with and without patellofemoral pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The origin of patellofemoral pain (PFP) may be associated with the inability of the patellofemoral joint cartilage to absorb and distribute patellofemoral joint forces.

Hypothesis

When compared with a pain-free control group, young active women with PFP will demonstrate differences in their baseline patellar cartilage thickness and transverse (T2) relaxation time, as well as a less adaptive response to an acute bout of joint loading.

Study design

Controlled laboratory study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

Ten women between the ages of 23 to 37 years with PFP and 10 sex-, age-, and activity-matched pain-free controls participated. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of the patellofemoral joint was performed at baseline and after participants perfor

SUBMITTER: Farrokhi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4893957 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature