Effect of Short Foot Exercise in Treatment of Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: Hip and Knee focused exercises; Other: Short foot exercise

• Registration Number: NCT05383781
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of adding Short foot exercise on patellofemoral pain syndrome on knee Pain, Function, Balance and abductors, quadriceps Muscle strength.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-19
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-25
• Study Start: 2022-10
• Primary Completion: 2023-10
• Study Completion: 2023-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients diagnosed as PFPS
• Pain elicited at least by two of the following four tests; (i) Isometric muscle contraction with slight bent knee,(ii) palpation of the patellofemoral joint line, (iii) patellar compression against the femoral bone (iv) active resisted knee extension.
• Psychological and mentally stable
• No previous knee surgery, except for diagnostic arthroscopy.
• No current knee pathologies (e.g. osteoarthritis)
• Navicular drop test more than 10 mm which indicated pronated foot

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects will be excluded if they don't meet the inclusion criteria.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Hip , Knee exercise and SFE group	Hip and Knee focused exercises	Individuals in this group will perform exercises for Hip , knee and also short foot exercise
Hip , Knee exercise and SFE group	Short foot exercise	Individuals in this group will perform exercises for Hip , knee and also short foot exercise
Hip and Knee exercise group	Hip and Knee focused exercises	Individuals in this group will perform exercises for the Hip and knee only.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessment of knee pain	Change from baseline pain at 6th week	by visual analogue scale ( VAS ) to assess knee pain -minimum score is 0 point and maximum score is 10. score of 10 means worst pain outcome
assessment of knee function	Change from baseline function at 6th week	by Anterior Knee Pain Scale ( AKP )- minimum score is 0 point and maximum score is 100 points . score of 100 means no pain . this scale assesses knee pain and function

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of muscle strength	Change from baseline at 6th week	by Hand-Held Dynamometer (HHD):
Assessment of balance:	Change from baseline at 6th week	by Biodex Balance System is the device to assess balance and postural stability .