Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Clinical Prediction Rule Clinical Trial
Official title:
Development of Clinical Prediction Rule for Classifying Females With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Who Respond to Proximal Control Exercises
the aim of study is to investigate the effect of body mass index (BMI), age, duration of symptoms, pain severity and knee angle valgus on patient̀•̀•s response to proximal control exercises.
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is recognized as one of the most common lower-extremity disorders encountered by orthopaedic physical therapists. Females were 2.23 times more likely to develop PFPS than males. Various authors have suggested that hip weakness may be an impairment associated with PFPS, because poor hip control may lead to abnormal lower extremity or patellofemoral motions. Clinical prediction rules (CPRs) are tools designed to improve decision making in clinical practice by assisting practitioners in making a particular diagnosis, establishing a prognosis, or matching patients to optimal interventions. ;