Effect of Short Foot Exercise in Treatment of Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Adding Short Foot Exercise to Hip and Knee Focused Exercises in Treatment of Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05383781
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/003641
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2022
• Est. completion date: November 2023

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Abdallah Ali
• Phone: +201144881439
• Email: abdallah.kamel[@]pt.cu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of adding Short foot exercise on patellofemoral pain syndrome on knee Pain, Function, Balance and abductors, quadriceps Muscle strength.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: November 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed as PFPS

• Pain elicited at least by two of the following four tests; (i) Isometric muscle contraction with slight bent knee,(ii) palpation of the patellofemoral joint line, (iii) patellar compression against the femoral bone (iv) active resisted knee extension.

• Psychological and mentally stable

• No previous knee surgery, except for diagnostic arthroscopy.

• No current knee pathologies (e.g. osteoarthritis)

• Navicular drop test more than 10 mm which indicated pronated foot

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects will be excluded if they don't meet the inclusion criteria.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Somatoform Disorders
• Syndrome

Intervention

Other:
• Hip and Knee focused exercises
Exercises which improves muscle strength, ROM
• Short foot exercise
The 'short foot exercise' has been described as a means to isolate contraction of the plantar intrinsic muscles.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	assessment of knee pain	by visual analogue scale ( VAS ) to assess knee pain -minimum score is 0 point and maximum score is 10. score of 10 means worst pain outcome	Change from baseline pain at 6th week
Primary	assessment of knee function	by Anterior Knee Pain Scale ( AKP )- minimum score is 0 point and maximum score is 100 points . score of 100 means no pain . this scale assesses knee pain and function	Change from baseline function at 6th week
Secondary	Assessment of muscle strength	by Hand-Held Dynamometer (HHD):	Change from baseline at 6th week
Secondary	Assessment of balance:	by Biodex Balance System is the device to assess balance and postural stability .	Change from baseline at 6th week