title: [Proprioceptive capacities of patients with retropatellar knee pain with special reference to effectiveness of an elastic knee bandage].
abstract: 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 an-amnestic 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 degrees +/- 6.1 degrees) compared to the control group (7.8 degrees +/- 2.8 degrees). After applying an elastic knee bandage, the angle reproduction capability significantly improved to 9.2 degrees +/- 4.5 degrees. Proprioception of the contralateral, noninvolved knee joint in the patients (11.6 degrees +/- 6.3 degrees) was worse compared to the control group. Applying an elastic knee bandage did not significantly improve the proprioception of the uninjured knee joint.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Klinik, Harlaching.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jerosch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prymka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001458:Bandages; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis / Q000502:physiology; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000294:innervation*; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D016896:Treatment Outcome