18/02/2022
When talking about knee pain the most important thing to consider is, what is going on above and below the knee.
If your struggling with knee pain it's not always a knee issue; more often then not is caused by a dysfunction somewhere else.
"Hip and knee strengthening is not
only effective, but also superior to knee
strengthening alone, for decreasing pain
intensity and improving activity in people
with patellofemoral pain"
"We observed that CAI group displayed a significantly increased knee flexion angle, knee flexion displacement, peak knee extension moment and internal rotation moment, and eccentric work in the sagittal plane, possibly due to altered ankle biomechanics. Participants with CAI employed some compensatory strategy to improve their ankle and postural stability during landing onto the tilted surface. The increased knee extension and internal rotation moments of CAI participants could potentially result in a greater ACL loading. In future studies, it may be worthwhile to measure or estimate the ACL loading to confirm whether CAI could relate to the mechanism of ACL injury."
Hott, A., Brox, J. I., Pripp, A. H., Juel, N. G., Paulsen, G., & Liavaag, S. (2019). Effectiveness of isolated hip exercise, knee exercise, or free physical activity for Patellofemoral pain: a randomized controlled trial. The American journal of sports medicine, 47(6), 1312-1322.
Liu, X. (2013). Biomechanical difference between chronic ankle instability individuals and healthy individuals during landing on flat, inverted and combined surfaces.
