Journal article review of "Effects of strength training on the treatment of Patellofemoral pain syndrome -- a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials"
In today's article we will critically review the following research paper: Effects of strength training on the treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome -- a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Cardoso RK, Caputo EL, Rombaldi AJ, Del Vecchio FB Fisioterapia em Movimento [Physical Therapy in Movement] 2017 Apr-Jun;30(2):391-398 Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-51502017000200391&lng=en&tlng=en#B24 So what type of evidence is this article? The below image shows where this article ranks in the hierarchy of evidence: So this article comes under the second to top one: Other Systematic review & Meta-Analysis What conclusion is made? The authors concluded that strength training significantly helped Patellofemoral pain syndrome. Are the conclusion’s justified by the data? The reduction was purely of pain and so it is justified but other factors such as quality of life, functional ability,