The effectiveness of knee and hip mobilisation versus proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in treating patellofemoral pain syndrome in runners

niversity of Johannesburg Health Science Ethics Committee0 个研究点目标入组 30 人开始时间: 2019年11月5日最近更新: 2023年5月29日

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•Males and females 18-50 years old. The reason for the minimum age of 18 is so that parental consent is avoided, meaning all participants will be able to sign their own consent form. The reason for the maximum age of 50 is to avoid any degenerative changes that may be present in the knee joint which is a normal part of aging
•Runners who run a minimum of 10km a week
•Runners who are symptomatic with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome for longer than six weeks
•Be able to be treated six times in a three-week period with an additional 7th time to do the last recording of pain and muscle strength

•Contra-indications to Chiropractic mobilisation therapy
•Acute knee pain of less than six weeks
•Trauma to the knee in last six months (e.g. Falling directly onto knee, motor vehicle accident)
•Unable to make prescribed schedule of treatments
•Knee surgery
•Participants who are currently taking analgesics or anti-inflammatories as this may interfere with the results of the study
•Participants who are receiving other forms of treatment that may interfere with the results of the study, including manual therapy such as massage and physiotherapy

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niversity of Johannesburg Health Science Ethics Committee