patellofemoral pain
Conditions
Interventions
Clinic based knee exercises and/or electrotherapy modalities 3 times per week, duration: 6 weeks
Specific exercises and/or foot orthoses and /or knee orthoses application, 3 times per week, duration:
Sponsors
BASKENT UNIVERSITY
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Anterior knee pain during at least two following activities; prolonged sitting, climbing stairs, squatting,running, hopping, kneeling 2) Pain during at least two of the followings: manuel compression, palpation of the posterolateral and posteromedial borders of the patella, resistive knee extension
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: previous knee surgery clinical evidence of ligamentous instability, a history of patellar subluxation or dislocation, joint effusion, locking and/or giving way, bursitis, tendinopathy, Osgood Schlatters disease, Sinding-Larsen Johansson Syndrome, muscle tears or symptomatic knee plicae, serious co-morbidity which would preclude or affect compliance with the assessment, pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Alterations in Pain and functional capabilities after targeted intervention patient with patellofemoral pain syndrome | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Alterations in lower extremity stifness, strength, biomechanical parameters after treatment | — |
Countries
Europe
Contacts
Public ContactHayri Baran Yosmaoglu
Baskent University Faculty of Health Science/Department of Physiotherapy
Outcome results
None listed