Comparison of hip strengthening exercises and knee exercises on pain, muscle strength and function in runners with knee pai

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Patello-Femoral pain syndrome (PFPS) or anterior knee pain can be defined as retropatellar pain during stairs, hopping/jogging, prolonged sitting, kneeling, squatting or pain on palpation of patellar facets, femoral condyles. Patello femoral pain syndrome is also called as runner's knee because it is common in people who participate in sports, PFPS is the most prevalent orthopedic condition seen in sports medicine and it is the primary diagnosis in about 25% of all running injuries..
Pain in knee
M25.56

Registration Number: IRCT20210330050789N1

Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University Lahore

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

Positive patellar compression test
Subjects having anterior knee pain for least 4 weeks
Muscle power for quadriceps, hamstring, gluteus medius and gluteus maximus should be grade 3
Pain aggravates during any of the following two activities like ascending & descending stairs, squatting, kneeling, jumping, running, jogging
Average pain level of 3-cm or more on a 10-cm Numerical pain rating scale

Exclusion Criteria

neurological disorder
Injury to lumbosacral region, hip or ankle
Rheumatoid arthritis
Pregnancy
Patellar instability
history of knee injury
signs or symptoms of other pathology
recent history (within 3 months) of knee surgery
history of patellar dislocation/subluxation
clinical evidence of meniscal lesion, ligamentous instability, patellar tendon pathology, chondral damage, osteoarthritis, or referred pain from the spine.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain. Timepoint: Pain will be measured before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Pain will be recorded through Numeric pain rating Scale(NPRS).;Muscle Strength. Timepoint: Muscle Strength will be measured before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Muscle Strength will be measured by Dynamometer.;Knee Function. Timepoint: Function will be measured before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Function will be measured by Anterior Knee Pain Scale Questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures