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Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Patellofemoral Pain

NCT03918863 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-10-22

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Summary

Objective this study is to analyze the effects of an intervention protocol with neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the vastus medialis obliquus and gluteus medius (GM) associated with exercises on electromyographic activity, muscle performance, self-reported functionality and pain of women with patellofemoral pain.

Conditions

  • Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Exercise protocol associated with neuromuscular electrical stimulation on vastus medialis and gluteus medius. Parameters: rectangular pulse shape, biphasic, symmetrical, pulse duration of 200μs, interbust interval of 10ms and frequency of 2.500Hz modulated in 50 bursts.

OTHER

Exercise

Same protocol of exercises of the other group, without association of electrical stimulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jamilson S Brasileiro, PhD · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-24
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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