Effect of Short Foot Exercise in Treatment of Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT05383781

Last Updated: 2022-05-25

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-10-31

Study Completion Date

2023-11-30

Brief Summary

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Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of adding Short foot exercise on patellofemoral pain syndrome on knee Pain, Function, Balance and abductors, quadriceps Muscle strength.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hip and Knee exercise group

Individuals in this group will perform exercises for the Hip and knee only.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Hip and Knee focused exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Exercises which improves muscle strength, ROM

Hip , Knee exercise and SFE group

Individuals in this group will perform exercises for Hip , knee and also short foot exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hip and Knee focused exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Exercises which improves muscle strength, ROM

Short foot exercise

Intervention Type OTHER

The 'short foot exercise' has been described as a means to isolate contraction of the plantar intrinsic muscles.

Interventions

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Hip and Knee focused exercises

Exercises which improves muscle strength, ROM

Intervention Type OTHER

Short foot exercise

The 'short foot exercise' has been described as a means to isolate contraction of the plantar intrinsic muscles.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients diagnosed as PFPS
* Pain elicited at least by two of the following four tests; (i) Isometric muscle contraction with slight bent knee,(ii) palpation of the patellofemoral joint line, (iii) patellar compression against the femoral bone (iv) active resisted knee extension.
* Psychological and mentally stable
* No previous knee surgery, except for diagnostic arthroscopy.
* No current knee pathologies (e.g. osteoarthritis)
* Navicular drop test more than 10 mm which indicated pronated foot
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Abdallah Mohamed Kamel Mohamed Ali

Principal Investigator -Assistant lecturer at Faculty of Physical Therapy

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Abdallah Ali

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cairo University

Central Contacts

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Abdallah Ali

Role: CONTACT

+201144881439

References

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Kamel AM, Ghuiba K, Abd Allah DS, Fayaz NA, Abdelkader NA. Effect of adding short foot exercise to hip and knee focused exercises in treatment of patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. J Orthop Surg Res. 2024 Apr 1;19(1):207. doi: 10.1186/s13018-024-04688-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38561773 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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P.T.REC/012/003641

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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