Single shallow knee bend: Patient stands on one foot, slowly bends knee to 20 degrees flexion by "sitting" slightly, then returns to starting position. Limiting knee flexion keeps knee from extending beyond toes in sagittal plane, which can exacerbate patellofemoral symptoms, and works the desired muscle group (gluteal more than quadriceps). Goal is to avoid any medial movement of the knee, and to keep upper trunk in a vertical position.
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Contralateral pelvic drop: Patient stands with foot of affected leg on stair or ledge; unaffected leg faces away from stair and remains non-weight-bearing throughout exercise. Begin with unaffected hip elevated (pelvis tilted "unaffected side up," affected hip is abducted). Slowly drop non-weighted hip so that pelvis is tilted to "unaffected side down" (eccentric abduction leading to adducted position of affected hip). Then slowly tilt unaffected hip back up to starting position (concentric abduction of affected hip).
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One of the following (hip abduction exercises)
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