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

NCT ID: NCT01975311

Last Updated: 2015-01-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 27 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-04-30

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Lumbopelvic Manipulation

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

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Lumbopelvic Manipulation

Intervention Type: OTHER

High-velocity low-amplitude non-specific lumbopelvic thrust manipulation

Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension

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

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension

Intervention Type: OTHER

Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension without reaching the physiological end feel for 1 min from a side lying position.

Interventions

Lumbopelvic Manipulation

High-velocity low-amplitude non-specific lumbopelvic thrust manipulation

Intervention Type: OTHER

Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension

Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension without reaching the physiological end feel for 1 min from a side lying position.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Texas Woman's University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Texas Woman's University, School of Physical Therapy - Dallas Campus

Dallas, Texas, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

17284

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id