patellar mobilization

Introduction Knee joint mobilizations, sometimes referred to as nonthrust manipulation, are manual physical therapy procedures. Depending on the patient’s presentation, an oscillatory manual force may be delivered to the patellofemoral, tibiofemoral, or proximal tibiofibular joints during mobilization in several hand positions or grips. The application of the four types of mobilization grades (Maitland’s Mobilizations) is…