The influence of exercise on pain and function in people with knee pai
- Conditions
- patellofemoral pain syndrome.other disorders of patella
- Registration Number
- IRCT138809092793N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University Of Medical Sciences, Research Development
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 30
subjects 18-45 y age; insidious onset of symptoms not related to trauma; peripatellar or retropatellar knee pain during at least 2 of activities of stair climbing, hopping, running, squatting, kneeling and prolonged sitting; presence of pain at least 4 weeks; presense of pain at least 30 minutes per day most days of week; pain with compression on the patella; pain on palpation of patellar facets; pain level 3 of a 10-cm visual analog scale
Exclusion criteria: meniscal, ligamentus or cartilage injury; patellar tendon, ilotibial band or pesanserine tenderness; evidence of effusion; hip or lumbar referred pain; history of recurrent patellar subluxation or dislocation; patellar fracture; prolonged use of anti inflammatory drug or corticosteroid; history of head injury or vestibular disorder within the last 6 months; pregnancy;
trauma to knee joint; history of lower extremity surgery; osgood-schlatter or sinding-larsen-johanssen syndromes
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: visual analog scale.;Subjective function. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: kujala scale.;Objective function. Timepoint: before and after intervetion. Method of measurement: performance functional test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method