Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome in Young Female Athletes: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Groups’ demographics.

Group	Patients	Mean age (years)	Symptoms duration (months)	Side			Sport activity (hours)
				R	L	BIL
Sample	51	14.3 ± 3.6	1.8 ± 3.6	9	6	36	4.3 ± 1.1
RhythGym group (RG)	21	13.8 ± 3.6	6.4 ± 1.4	3	2	16	4.8 ± 1.1
Basket group (BG)	17	14.2 ± 3.1	5.8 ± 2.1	2	2	13	5.3 ± 1.6
Control group (CG)	13	14.5 ± 4.3	7.1 ± 3.6	4	2	7	2.3 ± 0.8

R, right; L, left; BIL, bilateral.