Patellofemoral pain syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
control group:Regular family training
Experimental group:Round needle and valley thorn
Sponsors
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. In activities such as sitting for a long time, squatting up, going up and down stairs, jumping, running, kneeling, etc., there are at least two activities that cause pain around the knee when the patient is finished; 2. Pain at the patella; 3. Pain when walking down a 25 cm step or squatting with both legs; 4. Symptoms persist for more than 1 month; 5. Visual analogue scale (VAS) >= 3 points; 6. No obvious trauma history, involuntary attack; 7. Aged < 40 years, with unilateral disease, in order to reduce the possibility of knee osteoarthritis; 8. All patients signed the informed consent form, and this study was carried out after being approved by the hospital ethics committee.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who have a history of knee trauma, fracture, ligament reconstruction and other knee surgery in the past; 2. Severe deformity of the lower extremity, combined with other organ diseases and cannot tolerate the test; 3. Combined with severe lumbar disc herniation affecting walkers; 4. Those who fail to receive acupuncture and moxibustion continuously, such as fainting acupuncture and pregnant women; 5. Patients with other diseases that may affect the experimental evaluation (rheumatoid arthritis, gout, tumor and abnormal bone metabolism, etc.).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Electromyography; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| visual analogue scale;Lysholm knee function score ;Response evaluation; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactTan Tongcai
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
Outcome results
None listed