Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1230-1236 , July 2008

Training Program and Additional Electric Muscle Stimulation for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Pilot Study

  • Walter Bily, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wilhelminenspital Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Walter Bily, MD, Dept of Physical Medicine, Wilhelminenspital, Montleartstr 37, A-1160 Vienna, Austria
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  • Lukas Trimmel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wilhelminenspital Vienna, Austria
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  • Michaela Mödlin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wilhelminenspital Vienna, Austria
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  • Alexandra Kaider, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Section of Clinical Biometrics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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  • Helmut Kern, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wilhelminenspital Vienna, Austria

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 Supported by Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien (grant no. 30/2000).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00211-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.048

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1230-1236 , July 2008

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