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dc.contributor.advisorDe Busser, Nikki Lauren-
dc.contributor.advisorKorporaal, Charmaine Maria-
dc.contributor.authorWeyer-Henderson, Donnaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-04T08:10:43Z
dc.date.available2008-02-04T08:10:43Z
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.otherDIT112588-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/169-
dc.descriptionDissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2005.en_US
dc.description.abstractAccording to Wood (1998), patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) refers to a syndrome that comprises of the following signs and symptoms: anterior knee pain, inflammation, imbalance, instability, or any combination thereof. Prevailing literature suggests that the presence of myofascial trigger points (MFTP’s) in quadriceps femoris (QF) muscle could result in a combination of the following signs and symptoms: - Retro- or peripatella pain, - Weakness of the quadriceps muscle (Chaitow and DeLany, 2002) - Loss of full lengthening (Travell and Simons, 1983:248-250) The aetiology of PFPS is poorly understood (Kannus et al. 1999). The current trend in literature suggests an extensor mechanism dysfunction as the most probable aetiology (Galantly et al., 1994; Juhn, 1999). There appears to be a clinical overlap between the two syndromes, in terms of an extensor mechanism dysfunction and of signs and symptoms. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the role of active myofascial trigger points in the vastus lateralis (VL) muscle as perpetuating, causative or concomitant factors in the alteration of VL/VM Total Work (TW) in PFPS in distance runners.en_US
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dc.subjectChiropracticen_US
dc.subjectLong distance runningen_US
dc.subject.lcshMyofascial pain syndromesen_US
dc.subject.lcshKnee--Wounds and injuriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshPatellofemoral jointen_US
dc.titleAn investigation into the effectiveness of dry needling of myofascial trigger points on total work and other recorded measurements of the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis muscles in patellofermoral pain syndrome in long distance runnersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.51415/10321/169-
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