Effectiveness of Different Exercise Programmes in Individuals With Dynamic Knee Valgus

hazal genc

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knee Valgus

Treatments: Other: foot exercise; Other: control; Other: hip exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06743074

e-10840098

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dynamic knee valgus (DDV) is an erroneous movement pattern of the lower limb that occurs in multiple planes. It results from a combination of hip joint adduction, femoral anteversion, knee abduction and external tibial torsion .

Full description

Dynamic knee valgus (DDV) is an erroneous movement pattern of the lower limb that occurs in multiple planes. It results from a combination of hip joint adduction, femoral anteversion, knee abduction and external tibial torsion . DDV is also referred to as a mechanism in which the knee joint moves medially relative to the hip and foot with the centre fixed to the ground.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18-50 years.
• Absence of any lower extremity pain.
• Having a frontal plane projection angle of 10 and above in the descent phase of squatting on one leg.
• Having active or regular physical activity.
• Volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Active knee pain.
• History of patellar instability.
• Presence of rheumatic diseases such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.
• History of trauma or injury causing ligament laxity in the ankle, hip or knee.
• Having a neurological disease that may impair the ability to perform any lower limb movement.
• Having undergone any lower extremity surgery before.
• Having received physiotherapy from hip, knee and ankle in the last 6 months.
• To be benefiting from another treatment during the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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38 participants in 3 patient groups

foot Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

foot exercise

Treatment:

Other: foot exercise

hip exercise

Experimental group

Description:

hip exercise

Treatment:

Other: hip exercise

control group

Other group

Description:

other

Treatment:

Other: control