The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with exercise therapy on clinical outcomes

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Patellofemoral pain.; Pain in knee; M25.56

• Registration Number: IRCT20191221045836N1
• Lead Sponsor: Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 24 February 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

Anterior knee pain
Provoked pain with two physical activity of functional tasks: stairs climbing, squat, running, biking, jumping, prolonged sitting
Painfull quadriceps isometric contraction at 60 degree of squat
Pain with medial or lateral patellar facet palpation
Minimal pain intensity with visual analog scale 3 of 10
Pain report more than 3 years

Exclusion Criteria

History of knee surgery
ligament knee instability
Meniscus injury symptoms or intra joint dysfunction
Knee tendinitis ( patellat tendinitis, iliotibial band and jumper's knee tendinitis, Pes anserinus tendinitis)
Patients with Osgood-Shlatter or Sinding-Larsen-Johanssen
Patellar instability and positive apprehension sign
Traumatic patellar dislocation
Concurrent pain in hip, sacroiliac & lumbar
walking with assistance
Systematic disorders (cardiovascular or rheumatology) that affect on lower limbs
Knee structural disorders including knee varus and valgus
Psychiatry disorders that affect on electroencephalography such as depression, autism, Schizophrenia
Seizure and epilepsy

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain. Timepoint: 1 day before first session of treatment, second and twenty first days after end of treatment. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Functional level. Timepoint: 1 day before first session of treatment, second and twenty first days after end of treatment. Method of measurement: Lower limb functional scale questioner.;Pressure pain threshold. Timepoint: 1 day before first session of treatment, second and twenty first days after end of treatment. Method of measurement: Lutron tension and compression force gauge.;Conditioned pain modulation. Timepoint: 1 day before first session of treatment, second and twenty first days after end of treatment. Method of measurement: Conditioned pain modulation test score.;Kinesiophobia. Timepoint: 1 day before first session of treatment, second and twenty first days after end of treatment. Method of measurement: Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia questioner.