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Clinical Trials/IRCT201204212391N6
IRCT201204212391N6
Completed
N/A

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 sites54 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
patellofemoral pain syndrome.
Sponsor
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
54
Status
Completed
Last Updated
8 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
8 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Female

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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