Comparison of Effects of Mobilization With Movement and Kinesiotaping in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Kinesiotaping; Other: Mulligan's Mobilization with Movement; Other: Mulligan's Straight leg-raise with traction; Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02707679

LUT 12/175

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS), also known as the anterior knee pain, is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders. Most of the patients suffer from knee pain for long time. The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term effects of Mobilization with movement and Kinesiotaping on pain, function and balance in patient with PFPS.

Full description

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome is one of the most common musculoskeletal problem in the world. It's incidence is also becoming higher and most people who have knee pain suffer from it for long time. In the treatment of PFPS, conservative treatment methods are preferred prior to surgical ones. When the literature was reviewed, no study in which Mobilization with movement (MWM) method was used and in which the effects of it was shown and compared with (Kinesiotaping) KT has been found so far with respect to the treatment of PFPS. Thirty-five female patients diagnosed with unilateral PFPS were randomly assigned into 2 groups. The patients in the first group (n=18) received two techniques of Mobilization with movement intervention while Kinesiotaping was applied to the other group (n=17). Both groups were treated with exercise. All patients received 4 sessions of treatment twice a week for a period of 2 weeks and followed up in accordance with a 6-week-home exercise program. Primary outcomes: pain severity, knee range of motion, hamstring flexibility, and physical performance (10-step stair climbing test, timed up and go test), Kujala Patellofemoral Pain Scoring and Y-Balance test were assessed.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• having knee pain at least 3 months and more than 3 points according to visual analog scale

Exclusion criteria

• no complying to the rehabilitation
• if patient wants to finished and want to complete study, they were excluded
• having meniscus, bursa, ligament, patellar tendon lesions, patellofemoral dislocation and/or recurrent subluxation, undergone lower extremity surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Effects of Mulligan's Mobilization

Other group

Description:

The patients in this arm (n=18) received two techniques pertaining to Mulligan's Mobilization with movement approach (Mulligan's Straight Leg-Raise with Traction and Tibial Gliding) along with an exercise therapy. Patients received 4 sessions of treatment twice a week for a period of 2 weeks and followed up in accordance with a 6-week-home exercise program. Primary outcomes: pain severity, knee range of motion, hamstring flexibility, and physical performance (10-step stair climbing test, timed up and go test), Kujala Patellofemoral Pain Scoring and Y-Balance test were assessed before the treatment, 45 minutes after the initial treatment, at the end of the 4-session-treatment during 2-week period and 6 weeks later.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Other: Mulligan's Mobilization with Movement

Other: Mulligan's Straight leg-raise with traction

Effects of Kinesiotaping

Other group

Description:

Patients in this arm were applied kinesiotaping on quadriceps and hamstring muscle along with an exercise therapy. Patients received 4 sessions of treatment twice a week for a period of 2 weeks and followed up in accordance with a 6-week-home exercise program. The same assessment parameters was conducted on this arm too.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Other: Kinesiotaping