High-Intensity Laser Acupuncture for Treating Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: Impact on Pain, Function, and Patient Satisfaction
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pain Intensity
研究概览
简要总结
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is among the most prevalent forms of knee discomfort. The main complaint is typically anterior knee pain, which gets worse while jumping, bending knee, going up or down stairs, or sitting for long periods of time with bent knee. Teens and early adulthood are commonly affected by patellofemoral pain syndrome, with a higher frequency in females. In healthy general populations, the prevalence of patellofemoral pain syndrome is 22.7%, and in teens, it is 28.9%.
详细描述
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a common cause of anterior knee pain that limits activities such as stair climbing, squatting, running, and prolonged sitting, leading to reduced function and participation (Crossley et al., 2016; Gaitonde et al., 2019). Exercise therapy is considered a key conservative treatment, especially combined hip and knee exercises, but additional non-invasive modalities may help improve pain relief and recovery (Collins et al., 2018). Laser acupuncture provides non-invasive stimulation of acupuncture points and may offer analgesic and functional benefits without needle insertion. Recent studies suggest that laser acupuncture and high-intensity laser therapy may improve pain and function in patients with PFPS (Ozlu et al., 2024). Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of high-intensity laser acupuncture on pain, knee function, and patient satisfaction in patients with PFPS.
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, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
random generator
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome (positive Clarkes sign and Waldron test)
- •Age from 18 to 25 years
- •Patients suffering from pain which aggravated by prolonged sitting, stair climbing, running, squatting, kneeling, hopping\jumping, overuse activities and relieved by rest for at least 3 months
- •Visual analog scale (VAS) greater than 3 points in daily activity
- •The ability to participate in the study and follow the treatment schedule.
排除标准
- •Physiotherapy in the last 12 months
- •Intra-articular injection in the last 3 months
- •Other knee disorders such as: (osteoarthritis, previous knee surgery, history of knee arthroplasty, or traumatic injury related joint deformity)
- •BMI greater than or equal 30
- •Pregnancy
- •Pacemaker insertion
- •Photosensitivity
- •History of using oral analgesic or NSAIDs in the previous 4 weeks,
- •History of malignancy, psychiatric disorder, mental retardation, neurologic dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, or uncontrolled hypertension.
研究组 & 干预措施
high-intensity laser acupuncture and exercise therapy program.
The patients will receive high-intensity laser acupuncture and exercise therapy program.three times a week for four weeks.
干预措施: high-intensity laser acupuncture and Exercise therapy program (Device)
sham laser acupuncture and exercise therapy program.
The patients will receive sham acupuncture laser and exercise therapy program three times a week for four weeks.
干预措施: Sham laser acupuncture (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Pain Intensity
时间窗: 4 weeks
The visual analogue scale represents the pain range that a patient thinks they might experience. The line is typically 10 centimetres long, with or without markings at each centimetre serves as a representation of the range. The worst pain the patient could possibly envision is represented by one end, while; no pain; is represented by the other. The patient marks the scale by drawing a line on it to indicate the amount of discomfort they are experiencing from 0-10. Higher scores represent worse pain.
次要结局
- Function of knee joint(4 weeks)
- patient Satisfaction(4 weeks)
研究者
Doaa Ayoub Elimy Mohammed
Lecturer of physical therapy for basic science department., faculty of physical Therapy
Cairo University