Effect of Short Foot Exercise in Treatment of Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Effect of Adding Short Foot Exercise to Hip and Knee Focused Exercises in Treatment of Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05383781

Enrollment

Registered

2022-05-20

Start date

2022-10-31

Completion date

2023-11-30

Last updated

2022-05-25

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Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Keywords

Short foot exercise, Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Brief summary

Purposes of the study To investigate the effect of adding Short foot exercise on patellofemoral pain syndrome on knee Pain, Function, Balance and abductors, quadriceps Muscle strength.

Interventions

OTHERHip and Knee focused exercises

Exercises which improves muscle strength, ROM

OTHERShort foot exercise

The 'short foot exercise' has been described as a means to isolate contraction of the plantar intrinsic muscles.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients diagnosed as PFPS * Pain elicited at least by two of the following four tests; (i) Isometric muscle contraction with slight bent knee,(ii) palpation of the patellofemoral joint line, (iii) patellar compression against the femoral bone (iv) active resisted knee extension. * Psychological and mentally stable * No previous knee surgery, except for diagnostic arthroscopy. * No current knee pathologies (e.g. osteoarthritis) * Navicular drop test more than 10 mm which indicated pronated foot

Exclusion criteria

\- Subjects will be excluded if they don't meet the inclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
assessment of knee pain	Change from baseline pain at 6th week	by visual analogue scale ( VAS ) to assess knee pain -minimum score is 0 point and maximum score is 10. score of 10 means worst pain outcome
assessment of knee function	Change from baseline function at 6th week	by Anterior Knee Pain Scale ( AKP )- minimum score is 0 point and maximum score is 100 points . score of 100 means no pain . this scale assesses knee pain and function

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Assessment of muscle strength	Change from baseline at 6th week	by Hand-Held Dynamometer (HHD):
Assessment of balance:	Change from baseline at 6th week	by Biodex Balance System is the device to assess balance and postural stability .

Contacts

Primary ContactAbdallah Ali

abdallah.kamel@pt.cu.edu.eg+201144881439

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026