Immediate effects of patellar taping in Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Not Applicable

Conditions: Patellofemoral pain syndrome.
Patellofemoral disorders
M22.2

Registration Number: IRCT20091214002851N6

Lead Sponsor: Babol University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

Anterior knee pain for at least a month
Feeling of pain when touching the medial and lateral borders of the patella
Exacerbation of symptoms during prolonged sitting, climbing stairs, squatting, running and jumping activities
positive Clark test
Pain during resistance knee extension

Exclusion Criteria

History of direct trauma to the patella
History of patella dislocation
Any rheumatic conditions (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis)
Diabetes
Any trauma and injury of meniscus
Ligament instability
Referral pain from the lower back, hip, pelvis, and sacroiliac region
Significant inflammation and effusion of the knee joint
knee surgery
Steroid injection
knee physiotherapy
Severe knee pain
Lower limb malalignment (anteversion of femur, genovarum and genovalgum, flat foot)

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Delayed onset time of Vastus medialis oblique activity. Timepoint: Before patellar taping and immediately after patellar taping. Method of measurement: Electromyograph.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intensity of pain. Timepoint: Before patellar taping and immediately after patellar taping. Method of measurement: Analog visual scale.;Amplitude of Vastus medialis oblique. Timepoint: Before patellar taping and immediately after patellar taping. Method of measurement: Electromyograph.;Amplitude of Vastus lateralis. Timepoint: Before patellar taping and immediately after patellar taping. Method of measurement: Electromyograph.;The ratio of VMO/VL amplitude. Timepoint: Before patellar taping and immediately after patellar taping. Method of measurement: Dividing the maximum amplitude of the Vastus medialis oblique muscle into the maximum amplitude of the Vastus lateralis muscle.;Delayed onset time of Vastus lateralis activity. Timepoint: Before patellar taping and immediately after patellar taping. Method of measurement: Electromyograph.