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7th EFSMA – European Congress of Sports Medicine, 3rd Central European Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Annual Assembly of the German and the Austrian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Austrian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

26.-29.10.2011, Salzburg, Austria

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Extensor flexor ratio and anterior knee pain

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  • corresponding author presenting/speaker Sebastian Edtinger - SALK, Salzburg, Austria
  • Adalbert Selhofer - SALK, Salzburg, Austria
  • Walter Matschi - SALK, Salzburg, Austria

7th EFSMA – European Congress of Sports Medicine, 3rd Central European Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Salzburg, 26.-29.10.2011. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2011. Doc11esm126

doi: 10.3205/11esm126, urn:nbn:de:0183-11esm1263

Published: October 24, 2011

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Austria managed more than 84 thousand knee surgeries in 2009 (Statistic Austria). Anterior knee pain is a common preexisting condition to arthritis and joint destruction. With this case report we are presenting the benefit of specific muscle exercise in order to achieve a balanced Extension/Flexion ratio and to strengthen the medial portion of the m. quadriceps. We want to accentuate the early improvement and the long lasting benefit with only daily routine movement.