Society guideline links: Patellofemoral pain

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Knee pain".)

International

●Consensus statement on exercise therapy and physical interventions (orthoses, taping and manual therapy) to treat patellofemoral pain – Recommendations from the 5th International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat (2018)

United States

●American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability and health on patellofemoral pain (2019)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria chronic knee pain (revised 2018)

●APTA: Clinical practice guideline on exercise-based knee and anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention (2018)

●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on the management of individuals with patellofemoral pain (2018)

●American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), and American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine (AOASM): Selected issues in injury and illness prevention and the team physician – A consensus statement (2016)

●Choosing Wisely: Avoid ordering a knee MRI for a patient with anterior knee pain without mechanical symptoms or effusion unless the patient has not improved following completion of an appropriate functional rehabilitation program (2014)

Europe

●Clinical classification of patellofemoral pain syndrome – Guidelines for non-operative treatment (2005)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on arthroscopic trochleoplasty for patellar instability (2014)