Chondromalacia Patellae
Conditions
Interventions
This is a cross-over study, so the same participants used the intervention condition and the control condition. The order of study conditions was randomized using a random number generator program (ww
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Having previous experience in running, on an ergometric treadmill and running at least 10 km per week for at least 3 months; have a running pattern with rearfoot landing; age between 18 and 45 years; both genders; anterior or peripatellar pain during running and in two or more of the following activities: going up/down stairs, squatting, kneeling, jumping, and after sitting for long periods; insidious onset of symptoms unrelated to a traumatic incident and persisting for at least three months during running activity; usual pain in the last week of at least 3/10 on the - Visual Analog Pain Scale; and excessive subtalar pronation during running, determined through the two-dimensional analysis proposed by Pipkin et al 2016
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Have used a foot orthosis or undergone physiotherapeutic treatment for PFP in the last 12 months; having meniscal or intra-articular injuries; have previous ligament injuries in the knee joint; have ligament laxity; having Osgood-Schlatter or Sinding Larsen-Johansson syndrome; present pain or current injury in the lumbar spine, hip or ankle; presenting patellar instability; presenting evidence of knee joint effusion; have a history of lower limb surgery; have reported cardiovascular alterations or present neurological impairment with influence on gait
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference in the angles of movement of the hindfoot, tibia and femur in the frontal plane and the angles of the tibia and femur in the transverse plane. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in pain intensity immediately after each of the interventions, using the Visual Analog Pain Scale;Differences in the perception of improvement evaluated immediately after each of the interventions performed, using the Global Rating of Change (GCR) | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactHygor Silva
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Outcome results
None listed