Fiona Moffatt

TL;DR: High incidence and prevalence levels for patellofemoral pain are demonstrated and within the context of this, and poor long term prognosis and high disability levels, PFP should be an urgent research priority.

TL;DR: Protocols using painful exercises offer a small but significant benefit over pain-free exercises in the short term, with moderate quality of evidence, and in the medium and long term there is no clear superiority of one treatment over another.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that future research is warranted into biopsychosocial targeted interventions aimed at the beliefs and pain-related fear for people with PFP, and the current consensus that best-evidence treatments consisting of hip and knee strengthening may not be adequate to address the fears and beliefs identified in the current study.

TL;DR: The construction of productivity in contemporary NHS discourse is explored, analysing it via the Foucauldian concept of governmentality, to investigate claims that the commodification of health work constitutes a threat to autonomy, and counter that with an alternative view from a perspective of neoliberal self-governance.

TL;DR: Current UK practice in the management strategies of PFP is variable and further high quality research on which to inform physiotherapy practice is warranted for this troublesome musculoskeletal condition.