title: Patellofemoral rehabilitation.
abstract: We have presented a brief overview of therapeutic exercise and patellofemoral biomechanics and their relation to a rehabilitation program of the nonoperative patient with patellofemoral dysfunction. This was followed by a specific protocol for extensor mechanism reconstruction, which can in part be applied to the nonoperative patient with a more vigorous lifestyle. Self-discipline and perseverance on the part of the patient are the only factors that cannot be controlled; yet, without these, no surgical procedure or rehabilitation program will ever succeed.
authors.affiliation: Tulane Medical Center, Hospital and Clinic, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Brunet
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005269:Femur / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D010329:Patella / Q000503:physiopathology*