Patello-Femoral pain syndrome (PFPS) or anterior knee pain can be defined as retropatellar pain during stairs, hopping/jogging, prolonged sitting, kneeling, squatting or pain on palpation of patellar facets, femoral condyles. Patello femoral pain syndrome is also called as "runner's knee" because it is common in people who participate in sports, PFPS is the most prevalent orthopedic condition seen in sports medicine and it is the primary diagnosis in about 25% of all running injuries.. Pain in
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: conventional knee exercises and weight bearing hip strengthening exercise Conventional knee exercises are Squatting(0 to 45 degree/3 sets, 10
Sponsors
Riphah International University Lahore
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 30 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Positive patellar compression test Subjects having anterior knee pain for least 4 weeks Muscle power for quadriceps, hamstring, gluteus medius and gluteus maximus should be grade 3 Pain aggravates during any of the following two activities like ascending & descending stairs, squatting, kneeling, jumping, running, jogging Average pain level of 3-cm or more on a 10-cm Numerical pain rating scale
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: neurological disorder Injury to lumbosacral region, hip or ankle Rheumatoid arthritis Pregnancy Patellar instability history of knee injury signs or symptoms of other pathology recent history (within 3 months) of knee surgery history of patellar dislocation/subluxation clinical evidence of meniscal lesion, ligamentous instability, patellar tendon pathology, chondral damage, osteoarthritis, or referred pain from the spine.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain. Timepoint: Pain will be measured before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Pain will be recorded through Numeric pain rating Scale(NPRS).;Muscle Strength. Timepoint: Muscle Strength will be measured before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Muscle Strength will be measured by Dynamometer.;Knee Function. Timepoint: Function will be measured before intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Function will be measured by Anterior Knee Pain Scale Questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Public ContactMahnoor Asif
REX Clinic, Model town, Lahore Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed