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Even though Patellofemoral pain syndrome is one of the most frequent pains and disabilities in knee area, the pathology of this illness has not achieved the needed accuracy and clearness. Most researchers believe the cause of this pain syndrome and disability of it, is abnormal activities of patella. Nevertheless, no non-invasive method has been presented to measure three-dimensional movements of patella in patients. It seems evolving a method based on tactile tracking which surface and touchable trait of knee bone is used can benefit to measure three-dimensional movements of patella non-invasively. On the basis of this, the main idea of the project is registering the pressure changes in...