Iliotibial a.k.a. IT band syndrome is a common running-related injury and can cause knee pain. Here's how to identify, treat, ...

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 ...

While this pain is often associated with runner’s knee, there’s another common running related injury that can could be to blame: iliotibial band syndrome a.k.a. IT band syndrome. As the ...

The runners were then randomly assigned to either the experimental (EXP; nine) or a placebo control (CON; nine) group. The EXP group was infiltrated in the area where the iliotibial band crosses the ...