Foot exercise and orthotics more effective than knee exercise in PFJ pain

The lead for this month’s feature articles, by Molgaard and colleagues, report the result of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of adding foot exercise and orthotics to knee exercises in patellofemoral pain management. Suggesting a short term advantage when foot exercise and orthotics were added to a knee exercise protocol. In the second feature article, Owen’s group report the effects of physical activity and breaks on adolescent’s engagement in mathematics tasks. In the third feature article Han, Fu, Cobley and Ross provide a systematic review of the effectiveness of exercise in improving fundamental movement skills in overweight/obese children and adolescents.