Harvi F Hart, Kay M Crossley, Adam G Culvenor, Michaela C M Khan, Thomas J West, Joshua B Kennedy, Jamon L Couch, Jackie L Whittaker
OBJECTIVE: To (i) compare activity-related psychological factors between individuals with and without knee conditions, and (ii) assess associations between these factors and objective measures of function in individuals with knee conditions. DESIGN: A-priori registered systematic review with meta-analysis LITERATURE SEARCH: MEDLINE-Ovid, EMBASE-Ovid, Scopus-Elsevier, CINAHL-EBSCO, SPORTDiscus-EBSCO, and Cochrane Library were searched to May 27th , 2022. STUDY SELECTION CRITERIA: We included peer-reviewed primary data studies (observational and experimental) of human participants with and without knee conditions reporting knee confidence, fear of movement/avoidance beliefs, and/or psychological readiness to return to sport (RTS) or reporting correlations between these factors and objective measures of function in knee conditions...
January 29, 2024: Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy