Patellar taping and bracing are thought to reduce chronic knee pain by increasing the patellofemoral contact area, which reduces stress in the knee joint. These interventions are popular, low-cost ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Simple athletic tape may bring some pain relief to older adults with a form of arthritis that affects the kneecap, a small study suggests. The study looked at the effects ...

Kinesiology tape, or KT tape, is a helpful tool that can be used to ease runner's knee pain, but it's not as simple as tearing off a few neon green strips, sticking them on your leg, and hitting the ...

Physiotherapy is recommended by the American College of Rheumatology and the European League Against Rheumatism as a nonpharmacologic approach for treating knee osteoarthritis (OA). To date, it has ...

Knee braces and water-based exercise appear to be two of the most effective ways to ease the pain and stiffness caused by knee osteoarthritis. That is according to a review of 12 non-drug therapies, ...

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Objective To compare the effectiveness of adjunct treatments combined with exercise to exercise alone in people with patellofemoral pain (PFP) and explore the quality of intervention descriptions in ...