Effects of Trigger Point Dry Needling in Individuals With Patello Femoral Pain Syndrome : A Randomized Controlled Trial

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Sham Dry Needing; Other: Dry Needling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05261763

REC-FSD-00238

Details and patient eligibility

About

A double blinded clinical controlled trial will be performed on individuals with patello femoral pain syndrome in which Trigger Point Dry Needling will be given to experimental group while Sham Needling will be given to the control group, targeting the trigger points present in the Quadriceps of affected individuals assessing the pain,functional disability and range of motion of the affected individuals.

Full description

A double blinded Randomized Controlled Trial of 6 months study after the approval of synopsis, will be conducted. Convenience sampling technique will be used to enroll the patients. Patients will be selected according to predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. All patients who fulfill inclusion criteria will be allocated in two group through randomization by lottery method. Group A will receive TrP-DN and group B will receive Sham Needling. Both groups will be asked to perform stretching exercise of Quadriceps daily after needling. The patients' outcomes will be measured by VAS for pain intensity and Kujala Questionnaire for functional status. The comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment data will be done after 3 months. Informed consents will be taken from each patient. Data entry and analysis will be done with SPSS 23.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1. Both genders 2. Ages range from 18-40 years 3. They have clinical diagnosis of PFPS (the diagnosis was confirmed by a positive patellar grind test and tenderness of medial and lateral patellar facets) 4. Participants are also required to have a minimum pain score of 3 on Numeric Pain Scale 5. Kujala patellofemoral questionnaire score of 50 to 80 before the intervention.

6. Patients willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

• History of any following conditions

  1. Participants who have received any treatment for PFPS within the 3 months
  2. A history of lower extremities fracture or surgery
  3. Presence of MSK diseases such as Acute Herniated Disc or Spondylolisthesis
  4. History of any chronic disease e.g. Diabetes Mellitus

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group A will receive trigger point dry needling in quadricep muscles

Treatment:

Other: Dry Needling

Group B

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Group B will get Sham needling in quadriceps muscles

Treatment:

Other: Sham Dry Needing