Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Movement Control Instruction Training Intervention Group:Movement Control Instruction Training
Health Education Group:Health Education
Sponsors
Beijing Sport University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 18 and 40 years. 2. Presence of anterior knee pain or retropatellar pain induced by at least two of the following activities: prolonged sitting with knee flexion, bilateral squatting, stair ascent or descent, kneeling, running, or jumping. 3. Presence of at least one of the following clinical signs: patellar tenderness, crepitus pain, or twitching pain; positive single-leg squat test or positive resisted knee extension test. 4. Knee pain persisting for more than three months. 5. A Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score for knee pain greater than 3 out of 10.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Acute injury of the knee ligaments, joint capsule, bursae, or meniscus. 2. Knee extension or flexion contracture deformity, preventing normal lower limb flexion-extension movement. 3. Patellofemoral joint dislocation or subluxation. 4. Other knee joint pathologies. 5. History of trauma, inflammation, or infectious diseases in the lower limb. 6. History of knee surgery. 7. History of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or malignancy. 8. Spinal cord or neurological injury.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional near-infrared brain imaging test; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sensory organization test score;Motion control test;Pain Score Assessment;Muscular strength;Anterior Knee Pain Scale (AKPS); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZhihang Dai
Beijing Sport University
Outcome results
None listed