Iliotibial band friction syndrome is a common cause of knee pain in long distance runners. The pain is caused by friction of the iliotibial band over the lateral epicondyle of the femur. Two hundred ...

iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS). Methods: Eighteen runners with at least grade 2 ITBFS underwent baseline investigations including a treadmill running test during which pain was recorded on ...

Somewhere between 12% and 52% of runners complain of IT band syndrome, according to Breach. While it is often called iliotibial band friction syndrome, she explains that ‘the latest accepted ...

Short for iliotibial band, the IT band is a thick band of connective ... Hip specialist physio Mehmet Gem explains that ‘ITB syndrome isn’t caused by friction, but by excessive compressive ...