Selective Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on VMO

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome; Electric Stimulation

Treatments: Other: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02548988

056711/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is analyze the immediate effect of selective neuromuscular electrical stimulation of vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) in the electrical activity of VMO and vastus lateralis (VL) and in the isokinetic performance of women with patellofemoral pain syndrome.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 28 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• For Healthy group:
• with no history of osteomyoarticular lesion or surgery in the lower limbs in the previous six months
• non-corrected neurological, vestibular, visual and/or hearing impairment
• For Patellofemoral pain syndrome group:
• clinical diagnosis of patellofemoral pain syndrome
• absence of other disorders in the knee
• refer pain at leafs two of the following activities: when remain seated for a long period, squat, kneel and go up or down stairs.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals experiencing pain during collection procedures
• do not perform exercises as instructed by the researches

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy

Experimental group

Description:

Healthy women are submitted to selective neuromuscular electrical stimulation on VMO.

Treatment:

Other: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Experimental group

Description:

Women with patellofemoral pain syndrome are submitted to selective neuromuscular electrical stimulation on VMO.

Treatment:

Other: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation