Effect of Lower Back Treatment in People With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.

Texas Woman's University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Lumbopelvic Manipulation; Other: Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01975311

17284

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a lower back treatment would change the knee pain intensity and the level of functional activities as well as the muscle activities in people with anterior knee pain. The investigators hypothesized that the lower back treatment may change the hip and knee muscle activities as well as reduce the knee pain intensity and improve the functional activities in people with anterior knee pain.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Insidious onset of symptoms of non-traumatic origin.
• Pain with patellar facet palpation or compression.
• anterior or retropatellar knee pain during at least two of the following activities: (a) ascending stairs, (b) descending stairs, (c) kneeling, (d) squatting, (e) hopping, (f) running, (j) jumping, (h) prolonged sitting for more than 20 minutes.

Exclusion criteria

• History of spine, hip or knee surgery.
• History of hip pathology or other knee condition.
• Current significant injury of any lower extremity joints.
• Pregnancy.
• Sign of nerve root compression.
• Osteoporosis or history of compression fracture.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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27 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Lumbopelvic Manipulation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive lumboplevic manipulation twice within a week.

Treatment:

Other: Lumbopelvic Manipulation

Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive passive lumbar spine flexion and extension for 1 min twice within a week.

Treatment:

Other: Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension