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.
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