Comparison of the Effects of Knee and Hip Muscle Exercises and Isolated Knee Muscle Exercises in Treatment of Anterior Knee Pai
- Conditions
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.Chondromalacia patellae
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014070518362N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Vice Chancellor for Research Development and Techn
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Inclusion Criteria: Females with PFPS in the age range of 18-45 years will be included in this study if they have a history of anterior or retropatellar knee pain with a severity of at least 30 on a 100 visual analogue scale (VAS) for at least the past 3 months, in 2 or more daily activities including: ascending and descending stairs, squatting, kneeling, jumping, long sitting, isometric knee extension, quadriceps contraction at 60° of knee flexion, and pain on palpation of the medial and/or lateral facet of the patella.
Subjects will be excluded if they have more than trace knee effusion, a history of patellar dislocation; surgery involving the patellofemoral joint; or signs or symptoms of meniscal pathology or other intra-articular conditions; cruciate or collateral ligament involvement; tenderness of the patellar tendon, the iliotibial band, and/or the pes anserinus tendon; positive patellar apprehension sign; Osgood-Schlatter or Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome; hip pain, back pain, or sacroiliac joint pain. Subjects who have been diagnosed with any neuromuscular disorder of the lower extremity will also be excluded in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hip adduction and internal rotation angles. Timepoint: Before and after treatment interventions. Method of measurement: Motion Analysis System.;Maximal Isometric Strength of Quadriceps Muscles. Timepoint: Before and after treatment interventions. Method of measurement: Handheld Dynamometer.;Maximal Isometric Strength of Hamstring Muscles. Timepoint: Before and after treatment interventions. Method of measurement: Handheld Dynamometer.;Maximal Isometric Strength of Hip External Rotator and Abductor Muscles. Timepoint: Before and after treatment interventions. Method of measurement: Handheld Dynamometer.;Knee dynamic valgus. Timepoint: Before and after treatment interventions. Method of measurement: Motion Analysis System.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain and Functional ability of lower extremity. Timepoint: Before and post treatment intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale, Kujala Questionnaire.