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In this paper, we aim to fill this gap.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To explore superficial and deep lower extremity muscle volume in women with unilateral or bilateral PFP compared with a normative database of pain-free women.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>University imaging research center.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Patients or Other Participants<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Twenty women with PFP (10 unilateral and 10 bilateral) and 8 pain-free women from a normative database.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We quantified lower extremity muscle volume via 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging. Two separate 1-way analyses of variance were performed: (1) unilateral PFP (painful versus nonpainful limb) versus pain-free control groups and (2) bilateral PFP (more painful versus less painful limb) versus pain-free control groups.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We observed no differences in age and body mass index across groups (P &amp;gt; .05). Compared with the pain-free group, the unilateral and bilateral PFP groups had bilaterally smaller volumes of the anterior (iliacus: P \u2264 .0004; d range, 2.12\u20132.65), medial (adductor brevis, adductor longus, gracilis, and pectineus: P \u2264 .02; d range, 1.25\u20132.48), posterior (obturator externus, obturator internus, and quadratus femoris: P &amp;lt; .05; d range, 1.17\u20134.82), and lateral (gluteus minimus: P \u2264 .03; d range, 1.16\u20132.09) hip muscles and knee extensors (rectus femoris: P \u2264 .003; d range, 1.67\u20132.16) and flexors (long and short head of the biceps femoris: P \u2264 .01, d range, 1.56\u20131.93).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Women with unilateral and those with bilateral PFP displayed less volume of multiple superficial and deep muscles of the bilateral hips and knees than pain-free women. Interventions should bilaterally target lower limb muscles when treating PFP, and hypertrophy exercises for specific muscles should be explored to increase choices for intervention.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-0330.23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,28]],"date-time":"2023-11-28T18:28:16Z","timestamp":1701196096000},"page":"915-924","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Lower Extremity Muscle Volume in Unilateral and Bilateral Patellofemoral Pain: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study Including Superficial and Deep Muscles"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Sungwan","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"* Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs"},{"name":"\u2020 Institute for Sports Medicine, University of Connecticut, 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