Central sensitization negatively influences the level of disability in female patients with anterior knee pain
Vicente Sanchis‐Alfonso,
María Beser‐Robles,
Ana Navarro‐Calvo
et al.
Abstract:Purpose To define the prevalence of Central Sensitization (CS) in patients with Anterior Knee Pain (AKP) and determine whether there is an association between CS and the magnitude of pain, disability, quality-of-life and psychological impairment. Methods The data of a total of 44 AKP female patients with a mean age of 27.7 years (15-50) recruited consecutively from hospital outpatient knee clinics were prospectively included in this study. The patients had no antecedents of knee trauma or surgery and no histor… Show more
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