Dose-response effect of strength training on the rehabilitation of patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome; C05.550.700

• Registration Number: RBR-8648fg
• Lead Sponsor: athalia Trevisol de Oliveira

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Female individuals aged between 18 and 40 years, able to carry out the training and proposed evaluations and who are willing to participate in the study on a voluntary basis after the disclosure of the work on social networks on the internet. The syndrome will be diagnosed by a physiotherapy professional with experience in managing this patient profile, based on the criteria of the American Phisycal Therapy Association guidelines consensus: presence of retropatellar or peripatellar pain; pain reproduction during the squat; performance of other functional activities such as sustained knee flexion, going up or down stairs, kneeling, running.

Exclusion Criteria

Presence of musculoskeletal injuries in the lower limbs that prevent or impair the performance of exercises and assessment; history of physical trauma involving the knees or lower limbs, such as traffic accidents, falls, bruises, in the last twelve months; body mass index (BMI)> 30; having performed a rehabilitation protocol for patellofemoral pain syndrome up to six months before data collection.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduced knee joint pain. Pain will be measured using the 10cm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The volunteer will be asked to draw a vertical line at the point on the scale that best represents her level of pain in three situations: (1) average pain felt in the last week; (2) acute pain when descending a flight of stairs; (3) acute pain when going up a flight of stairs. For this evaluation, a set of 10 steps will be considered as flight of stairs” (that is, 5 steps up / down with the affected limb). Changes of 2cm in the VAS will be considered clinically relevant.