Rachael Lowe

Rachael Lowe is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Physiopedia. A physiotherapist and technology specialist Rachael has been working with Physiopedia since 2008 to create a resource that provides universal access to physiotherapy knowledge as well as a platform for connecting and educating the global physiotherapy profession.

The reliability and validity of assessing medio-lateral patellar position: a systematic review

June 18, 2009October 12, 2022 by Rachael Lowe

Toby O.Smith, Leigh Davies and Simon T. Donell

The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the literature to determine the reliability and validity of evaluating medio-lateral patellar position. Nine papers including 237 patients (306 knees) were reviewed. The findings of this review suggest that the intra-tester reliability of assessing medio-lateral patellar position is good, but that inter-tester reliability is variable. The criterion validity of this test is at worse moderate. These are based on a limited evidence-base.

Manual Therapy, 2009, 14(4), 355-362

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