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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Pharmacotherapy for patellofemoral pain syndrome

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, July 2004
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (94th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (72nd percentile)

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1 blog
policy
1 policy source
wikipedia
4 Wikipedia pages
video
1 YouTube creator

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Title
Pharmacotherapy for patellofemoral pain syndrome
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, July 2004
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd003470.pub2
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Authors

Edith M Heintjes, Marjolein Berger, Sita MA Bierma‐Zeinstra, Roos MD Bernsen, Jan AN Verhaar, Bart W Koes

Abstract

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is common among adolescents and young adults. It is characterised by pain behind or around the patella and crepitations, provoked by ascending or descending stairs, squatting, prolonged sitting with flexed knees, running and cycling. The symptoms impede function in daily activities or sports. Pharmacological treatments focus on reducing pain symptoms (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), glucocorticosteroids), or restoring the assumed underlying pathology (compounds containing glucosamine to stimulate cartilage metabolism, anabolic steroids to increase bone density of the patella and build up supporting muscles). In studies, drugs are usually applied in addition to exercises aimed at building up supporting musculature.

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 288 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Unknown 280 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 45 16%
Student > Bachelor 44 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 11%
Researcher 23 8%
Student > Postgraduate 18 6%
Other 50 17%
Unknown 76 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 100 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 38 13%
Sports and Recreations 17 6%
Social Sciences 8 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 2%
Other 34 12%
Unknown 84 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2021.
All research outputs
#2,307,324
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#4,756
of 11,842 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,125
of 59,870 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#10
of 37 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,457,858 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 90th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 11,842 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 38.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 37 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 72% of its contemporaries.