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Efficacy of Adding Patellar Mobilization to Hip and Knee Exercises in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

NCT05665452 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2024-08-21

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Summary

Patellofemoral pain syndrome is a common source of anterior knee pain. The causes of PFPS may be multifactorial such as biomechanical disorders, muscle weakness which affect the dynamic stability of lower limb and alter patellar tracking in trochlear groove. Moreover, the syndrome associated with muscular tightness of iliotibial band, gastrocnemius, soleus, hamstring and quadriceps. Strengthening and stretching exercises are effective in improving patient's symptoms. However, they do not sufficient in correction of kinematic changes associated with PFPS. Patellar mobilization is effective in improving patient'symptoms in cases with PFPS. However, studies that conducted patellar mobilization were either low quality studies or no study combined patellar mobilization with hip and knee exercises.

Therefore, APTA guidelines recommended for conducting high quality study to investigate the effect of adding patellar mobilization to exercise therapy to support the definite recommendation delivered to therapists.

Conditions

  • Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Patellar mobilization, retinacula release, deep friction message, stretch and strength

All exercises will be performed for 30 to 45 minutes per session, 3 times per week for 4 weeks (12 sessions). Group (1): stretch exercises are performed for calf, hamstring, iliotibial band and quadriceps. strength exercises consist from open kinetic chain (hip abductors, hip external rotators and quadriceps) and closed kinetic chain exercises (mini wall squat exercise, forward step up exercise, lateral step up exercise and terminal knee extension exercise). Group (2): stretch exercises are performed for calf, hamstring, iliotibial band and quadriceps. strength exercises consist from open kinetic chain (hip abductors, hip external rotators and quadriceps) and closed kinetic chain exercises (mini wall squat exercise, forward step up exercise, lateral step up exercise and terminal knee extension exercise). manual therapy consists from iliotibial band release, deep friction message for lateral retinacula and medial patella mobilization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nadia A Mohamed, Msc · Assistant lecturer at orthopedic department of faculty of physical therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-15
Primary Completion
2023-12-11
Completion
2024-03-18

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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