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Influence of Psychological Factors on Pain and Disability in Anterior Knee Pain Patients

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Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability

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Pain is a constant symptom in patients with a Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS). The definition proposed by the International Association for the Study of Pain establishes pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.

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Doménech, J., Sanchis-Alfonso, V., Espejo, B. (2011). Influence of Psychological Factors on Pain and Disability in Anterior Knee Pain Patients. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (eds) Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-507-1_9

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