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Background: Knee pain in general and if to be specific is the pain located anteriorly, and it is widespread among teenage, adults, and the old age population. Among the anterior knee pain etiologies, patellofemoral pain is one of the most common causes of knee pain. One of the significant issues with the patellofemoral pain is that most of the time it is misdiagnosed, or it is underrated for patients' problems, which in the long run lead to severe functional limitations and muscular atrophy. Right clinical diagnosis at an early phase in musculoskeletal conditions is vital. Case summary: The patient presented with chief complaints of diffused pain over right leg tracking it over to the lower back. She presented with a painful limping gait. No tenderness was noted over the lower back; the neural tension test was nonsignificant. Patellar compression test, Clark's test, eccentric step was positive. Severe disuse quadriceps muscular atrophy was noted over-involved limb. Tenderness over the retropatellar surface was significant. The patient was managed with cryotherapy at home, therapeutic ultrasound over the tender area along with Kinesio tapping, proprioception exercises, stretching, and strengthening exercises. Outcome measure: Pain, ROM, girth measurement, gait pattern. Significant improvement was noted in pain on NPS, ROM, and gait pattern in two weeks management. Conclusion: The Physiotherapy management in cases of anterior knee pain, specifically patellofemoral pain, mainly consisting of kinesiotaping, therapeutic ultrasound, cryotherapy, therapeutic exercises are very effective provided right clinical diagnosis, is made. The treatment outcome may be more fruitful if the correct clinical diagnosis is made at an early stage.
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PURPOSE: This examined the effect of Kinesio taping pre-intervention on the pain, tenderness, proprioceptive sensation, and muscle strength associated with delayed onset muscle soreness. METHODS: Thirty subjects were divided into a Kinesio taping application group of 15 subjects and a control non-taped group of 15 subjects, and the changes in individual variables were analyzed before taping and at 24, 48, and 72 hours after taping using two-way repeated ANOVA. Post-hoc t-tests were conducted in the cases with intergroup interactions, and the significance level α was set to α=0.01. RESULTS: The changes in pain during rest were significantly different only for the times, while the changes in pain during exercise were significantly different for the times, interactions between the times and groups, and intergroup changes (p<0.05). The changes in tenderness were significantly different for the times and for interactions between the times and groups (p<0.05). The changes in proprioceptive sensation were significantly different for the times, interactions between times and groups, and intergroup changes (p<0.05). The changes in muscle strength were significantly different only for the times (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The application of Kinesio taping had positive effects on the pain, tenderness, and proprioceptive sensation of delayed onset muscle soreness. These results suggest that Kinesio taping can be a useful therapeutic factor in future studies and in clinical settings.