The Effect of Muscle Strengthening Associated With Neuromuscular Stimulus in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain During Negotiating Stairs

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Muscle Strengthening Associated With Neuromuscular Stimulus in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain During Negotiating Stairs: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02591680
• Other study ID #: PL004
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 26, 2015
• Last updated: October 28, 2015
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2015
• Source: University of Nove de Julho
• Contact: Paulo Lucareli
• Phone: 551126339327
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Assess pain, function, hip and knee strength and kinematics of trunk and lower limbs during ascent and descent stairs after the addition of neuromuscular training to hip muscle strengthening.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sedentary women,

• previous knee pain last 3 months in at least two of the following activities: sitting for long periods, walk up or down stairs, squat, running and jumping

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lower limb surgery,

• patella displacement

• knee instability

• Heart or locomotor disorders which might influence the evaluation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Intervention

Other:
• Neuromuscular training

• Muscle strengthening

Device:
• Sensorimotor

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Nove de Julho	São Paulo	SP

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Nove de Julho

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	3D kinematic range of motion of hip adduction during ascending and descending stairs	Kinematic analysis during ascent and descent stairs	4 weeks	Yes
Primary	3D kinematic range of motion of hip internal rotation during ascending and descending stairs	Kinematic analysis during ascent and descent stairs	4 weeks	Yes
Secondary	Pain Scores on the Numerical Pain Rating Scale		4 weeks	Yes
Secondary	Strength of hip and knee extensor muscles measured through hand-held dynamometer		4 weeks	Yes
Secondary	Lower Limb Function measured through the questionnaires Anterior Knee Pain Scale -AKPS and Functional Index Questionnaire- FIQ .		4 weeks	Yes