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OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of vision and cognitive load on static postural
control in subjects with and without patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS).
METHODS: Twenty-eight PFPS patients and 28 controls participated in the study.
Postural control was assessed in isolation as well as with visual manipulation
and cognitive loading on symptomatic limb. The outcome measures of postural
control were quantified in terms of area, anterior-posterior (AP), medial-lateral
(ML), and mean velocity (MV) of the displacements of center of pressure (COP). In
addition, cognitive performance (auditory Stroop task) was measured in the forms
of average reaction time and error ratio in baseline (sitting) and different
postural conditions. RESULTS: PFPS subjects showed greater increases in area (p =
0.01), AP (p = 0.01), and ML (p = 0.05) displacements of COP in the blindfolded
tasks as compared to control group. However, cognitive load did not differently
affect postural control in the two groups. Although PFPS and control group had
similar reaction times in the sitting position (p = 0.29), PFPS subjects had
longer reaction times than healthy subjects in dual task conditions (p = 0.04).
CONCLUSION: Visual inputs seem to be essential for discriminating postural
control between PFPS and healthy individuals. PFPS patients biased toward
decreasing cognitive performance more than healthy subjects when they perform the
single leg stance and cognitive task concurrently.

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