evaluation of response to external perturbation in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome and healthy subjects
- Conditions
- patellofemoral pain syndrome.Chondromalacia patellae
- Registration Number
- IRCT201204212391N6
- Lead Sponsor
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 54
Iinclusion criteria: Women 18 to 40 years with anterior knee pain in one side; anterior or retropatellar knee pain reported on at least two of the following activities: running, prolonged sitting, stairs ascent, squatting, running, kneeling and hopping/jumping; tenderness with posteromedial or posterolateral patellar facets palpation; an average pain level of 3 to 6 cm on a 10 cm visual analogue Scale in resistive knee extension; insidious onset of symptoms unrelated to a traumatic incident andexistence of symptoms for at least 3 months; positive patellar grind test; FIQ above 11
Exclusion criteria: History of patellar dislocation; Lesions of articular cartilage; osteoarthritis; spine and hip pain and referred pain from these areas; knee deviations; inflammatory joint diseases during the last 1 year; abnormal medial longitudinal arch; pregnancy;central nervous system diseases; bilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome; metabolic diseases like diabetes and RA; professional athletes (who participate in a sport at least 2 hours a day and 3 times a week regularly
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Electromyographic activation. Timepoint: from 5s before to 10s after the intervention. Method of measurement: electromyography system.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method