Table 3.
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) Exercise Prescription Supplement Overview
| Dynamic Warm-Up | General dynamic warm-up designed by the strength coach or certified athletic trainer. Sample Dynamic Warm-up: High-Knee March, Toe Jogging, Straight Leg Jogging, "Butt-Kickers", High Knee Skip, Side-Shuffles, Forward Lunge-Walk, High Knee Run, Increasing Intensity 65%–100% 10 yd sprints) |
| PFPS Stretches | Thomas Test Stretch/Single Leg Sprinter Stretch |
| Ely Test Stretch/Prone Quadriceps Stretch | |
| Ober Test Stretch | |
| Supine Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) Gastrocnemius Stretch | |
| Supine AIS Dorsiflexion Hamstring Stretch | |
| Supine AIS Plantarflexion Hamstring Stretch | |
| Long AIS Adductors Stretch | |
| Four Point Stretch | |
| Hip Internal Rotation | |
| Hip External Rotation | |
| Figure-of-Four Stretch | |
| Lying Iliotibial (IT) Band Stretch | |
| Seated Iliotibial (IT) Band Stretch | |
| Power Exercise | Box Jumps/Resisted Squat Jumps |
| Multi Joint | 40 deg Knee Flexion Squat/60 deg Knee Flexion Leg Press |
| Forward Lunge/Step-Ups | |
| Isolation Hamstrings | Romanian Dead Lift (RDL)/Back Extension |
| Isolation Quadriceps | Bridges/Closed Kinetic Chain Terminal Knee Extensions |
| Isolation Hip Abductors/Adductors | Manual Resistance (MR) or Thera-band Hip Abductor/Adductor |
*Based on research by T.R. Baechle 1995, T.F. Tyler 2006, B.B. Phillips 1998, C.E. Cook 2007, W.E. Prentice 2001, M.B. Roush 2000, K. Crossley 2002, N. Curtis 1995, J. McConnell 2007, and A.L. Mattes 2006.