Patellofemoral Arthropathy
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Difficulty in going downstairs and squatting, obvious pain in bending knees, and simple patellofemoral joint pain in clinical manifestations; 2. The full-length X-ray films of both lower limbs showed no abnormal force line of lower limbs; 3. MRI showed a coarse and defective cartilage surface of the patella and femoral trochlea, which confirmed simple patellofemoral osteoarthritis without tibiofemoral joint involvement; 4. Aged >= 45 years; 5. Sign the informed consent for treatment and be willing to cooperate with the treatment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Autoimmune diseases; 2. Serious primary diseases of the cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, and hematopoietic systems; 3. Patients with mental illness; 4. Patients who underwent knee surgery within 6 months; 5. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory knee diseases.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pressure value;MOAKS score and K&L score;K&L score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lysholm knee function score;Range of motion of the knee;visual analogue scale; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University