patellofemoral pain syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Control Group:Placebo needling trigger points
Sponsors
Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients aged 18-40 years and with PFPS diagnosed clinically; (2) patients with PFPS diagnosed due to a complaint of retropatellar or anterior knee pain for = 6 months, provoked by >= 2 of activities of daily living (ADL): squatting, prolonged sitting, stair ascent, stair descent, kneeling or isometric quadriceps contraction; (3) patients with at least 1 active myofascial TrP elicited by the quadriceps muscle palpation in the painful knee; (4) patients with an average knee pain severity of >= 3 of 10 over the past week based on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); (5) participants without any other treatment during the intervention period.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)patients with prior knee surgery, (2) patients with any competing knee pathology (meniscal tears, patellar tendinopathy, ligamentous sprains, and OA); (3) patients with any systemic disease, systemic disease and/or connective tissue disorders, or signs of lumbosacral nerve root compression; (4) patients receiving acupuncture, injection, or dry needling for the knee or quadriceps femoris muscles within the prior 6 months, and currently taking anticoagulant medications, (5) patients with previous bleeding disorder; (6) patients with a fear of needles; (7) pregnant women.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| visual analogue scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale (LKSS) ; Active knee flexion range of motion;Isokinetic muscle strength test; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYantao Ma
Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
Outcome results
None listed