comparative evaluation of electromyographic activation pattern of core and lower extremity muscles to external perturbation between patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome and healthy subjects

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences0 个研究点目标入组 54 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2018年2月22日

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•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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