The Patella Pro study — effect of a knee brace on patellofemoral pain syndrome: design of a randomized clinical trial (DRKS-ID:DRKS00003291)

Table 1 Seven-point Likert scale used to measure recovery

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
German (original version)	Komplette Heilung	Fast geheilt	Deutliche Besserung	Mäßige Besserung	Wenig Besserung	Geringfügig gebessert	So schlecht wie bisher
English translation	Completely recovered	Strongly recovered	Significant improvement	Moderate improvement	Little improvement	Slightly recovered	Worse than ever

Patients were classified to have recovered if they rated themselves fully recovered or strongly recovered. Those who rated themselves as slightly recovered to worse than ever were classified as not recovered.

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