Effect of Two Kinds of Therapy on Women with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Patellofemoral pain syndrome; A02.835.583.475

• Registration Number: RBR-2cxrpp
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de São Carlos

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Women agend between 18 and 30 years old, anterior or retropatellar knee pain during at least two of the folling activities: ascending/descending stairs, squating, running, jumping and prolonged sitting, insidious onset of the symptoms being unrelated to a traumatic incident and persistent for at least 8 weeks, presence of pain on palpation of the patellar facets, usual pain in the last week of at least 3cm in the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of 10cm.

Exclusion Criteria

Signs or symptoms of meniscal disorders, cruciate or collateral ligament involvement, tenderness over the patellar tendon, iliotibial band, or pes anserinus tendons, sign of patellar apprehension, Osgood-Schlatter or Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndromes, hip or lumbar referred pain, history of patellar dislocation, evidence of knee joint effusion, previous surgery on the knee joint.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified