Dosage-dependence of Graded Exercise Therapy in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 40
- 主要终点
- Pain measured by a Visual analogue scale (VAS).
研究概览
简要总结
With this study two different therapeutic exercise regimens will be compared in patients with anterior knee pain (patellofemoral pain syndrome, PFPS).
详细描述
Exercise therapy is widely used in the conservative treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), but there is still no consensus on recommending any specific rehabilitation program.
This study evaluates two different therapeutic exercise regimens in patients with PFPS and their effect on pain at rest and function.
Supervised exercise therapy will be applied in both groups three times a week over a 3-month period with individually tailored and graded exercise programs, differing between groups in terms of number of exercises, number of repetitions and sets, and time spent on performing aerobic exercises.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 50 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Presence of at least 3 symptoms of the following:
- •Walking stairs
- •Squatting
- •Sitting with knees flexed for a prolonged period of time
- •Grinding of the patella
- •Other positive physical tests (Clarke's test, patellar crepitus, tenderness upon palpation of the posterior surface of the patella, patellar facets or surrounding structures)
排除标准
- •Knee osteoarthrosis/ arthritis
- •previous knee injury or knee operations
- •patellar tendinopathy
- •Osgood- Schlatter's disease
- •Other defined pathological conditions of the knee
结局指标
主要结局
Pain measured by a Visual analogue scale (VAS).
时间窗: Pre-test, post-test (after completed intervention at 3 months) and one year follow-up.
This scale was illustrated with a 100 mm horizontal line with descriptors "no pain" at the 0 mm mark and "worst pain imaginable" anchoring the 100 mm. Participants were required to place a vertical mark on the horizontal line, representing their average level of pain experienced during the last 24 hours. This was done at rest and provided an illustration of the perceived pain severity, rated in millimetres.
次要结局
- Function measured by a Step-down test and by a modified Functional Index Questionnaire (FIQ).(Pre-test, post-test (at 3 months after completed intervention) and at one year follow-up.)