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Gender-specific therapies needed for patients with patellofemoral pain
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Researchers recommend different therapies for men and women runners with patellofemoral pain, as mechanics in hip and knee adduction vary by gender.
Men with patellofemoral pain (PFP) had greater peak adduction when running and squatting and showed greater knee adduction movement when compared to healthy men, while men with PFP demonstrated less peak hip and greater knee adduction than women with PFP when running and squatting, according to the abstract.
Researchers noted no significant difference in the tibial mechanical axis between groups, but males with PFP had greater tibial segmental adduction when running.
“Males with PFP demonstrated different mechanics during running and during a single-leg squat compared with females with PFP and with healthy males,” the researchers stated in the abstract. “Based upon the results of the study, therapies for PFP may need to be [gender] specific.”
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