Effect of Adding Short Foot Exercise to Hip and Knee Focused Exercises in Treatment of Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 28
- 主要终点
- assessment of knee pain
研究概览
简要总结
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.
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
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •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
排除标准
- •Subjects will be excluded if they don't meet the inclusion criteria.
结局指标
主要结局
assessment of knee pain
时间窗: 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
时间窗: 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
次要结局
- Assessment of muscle strength(Change from baseline at 6th week)
- Assessment of balance:(Change from baseline at 6th week)
研究者
Abdallah Mohamed Kamel Mohamed Ali
Principal Investigator -Assistant lecturer at Faculty of Physical Therapy
Cairo University