Patellofemoral rehabilitation.

We have presented a brief overview of therapeutic exercise and patellofemoral biomechanics and their relation to a rehabilitation program of the nonoperative patient with patellofemoral dysfunction. This was followed by a specific protocol for extensor mechanism reconstruction, which can in part be applied to the nonoperative patient with a more vigorous lifestyle. Self-discipline and perseverance on the part of the patient are the only factors that cannot be controlled; yet, without these, no surgical procedure or rehabilitation program will ever succeed.