The experience of living with patellofemoral pain-loss, confusion and fear-avoidance: a UK qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the experience of living with patellofemoral pain (PFP).

Design

Qualitative study design using semistructured interviews and analysed thematically using the guidelines set out by Braun and Clarke.

Setting

A National Health Service physiotherapy clinic within a large UK teaching hospital.

Participants

A convenience sample of 10 participants, aged between 18 and 40 years, with a diagnosis of PFP and on a physiotherapy waiting list, prior to starting physiotherapy.

Results

Participants offered rich and detailed accounts of the impact and lived experience of PFP, including loss of physical and functional ability; loss of self-identity; pain-related confusion and difficulty making sense of their pain; pain-related fear, including fea

SUBMITTER: Smith BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786111 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature