Enhancing Stability and Function in Adolescent

NCT ID: NCT06696872

Last Updated: 2024-11-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-20
• Study Completion Date: 2024-07-12

Brief Summary

This study investigated the comparative effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching and core strength exercises on static balance in adolescents with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS).

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome; Adolescents

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Core exercises

The participants were taught how to contract their deep abdominal muscles to obtain core muscle activation. The patient should be contracting the abdominal muscles, lifting her lower belly up away from pubic bone, while breathing slowly and normally. The patient should not hold her breath

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

core exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

The core muscle strength training program were lasted for 8 weeks and comprised of 3 training sessions per week, with a total of 24 sessions. Each session were lasted for 30 to 45 minutes, starting with a brief warm-up exercise program consisting of low-intensity core strength exercises to prepare the neuromuscular system for the training loads and ending with a cool-down program

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

The hold-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching protocol consisted of passively moving the dominant leg into a position where the subjects felt mild discomfort and holding that position for 30 seconds. Subjects were then asked to isometrically contract the stretched muscle for 10 seconds; this were followed by muscle relaxation in the same position for 30 seconds, before being stretched to a new point of mild discomfort. The leg were then released

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

Intervention Type: OTHER

The hold-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching protocol consisted of passively moving the dominant leg into a position where the subjects felt mild discomfort and holding that position for 30 seconds. Subjects were then asked to isometrically contract the stretched muscle for 10 seconds; this were followed by muscle relaxation in the same posi¬tion for 30 seconds, before being stretched to a new point of mild discomfort. The leg were then released

Interventions

core exercises

The core muscle strength training program were lasted for 8 weeks and comprised of 3 training sessions per week, with a total of 24 sessions. Each session were lasted for 30 to 45 minutes, starting with a brief warm-up exercise program consisting of low-intensity core strength exercises to prepare the neuromuscular system for the training loads and ending with a cool-down program

Intervention Type: OTHER

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

The hold-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching protocol consisted of passively moving the dominant leg into a position where the subjects felt mild discomfort and holding that position for 30 seconds. Subjects were then asked to isometrically contract the stretched muscle for 10 seconds; this were followed by muscle relaxation in the same posi¬tion for 30 seconds, before being stretched to a new point of mild discomfort. The leg were then released

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants were between 16 and 18 years old.
• Patients had to have experienced anterior knee pain for at least 4 weeks, with the pain being exacerbated by at least two of the following activities: jumping, running, prolonged sitting, stair climbing, kneeling, and squatting (Chevidikunnan et al., 2016).
• Participants could not have undergone any surgical procedures on their lower limbs.
• Pain during the previous week needed to be greater than 30 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) (Appendix I) (Rathleff et al., 2015).
• A spectrum of BMI was sought, with participants recruited to represent normal BMI percentile categories for both boys and girls. The normal BMI percentile categories for both boys and girls were defined as the 5th percentile to less than the 85th percentile (Appendix II) (King et al., 2012).

Exclusion Criteria

• Adolescents with cruciate ligament injuries, meniscal injuries, collateral ligament injuries, and tenderness associated with any of these structures, any intra-articular injury, and tenderness over the iliotibial band, patellar tendon, pes anserine tendons, or evidence of joint effusion.

• Adolescents with referred pain from the hip or lumbar region, or a known case of articular cartilage damage.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 16 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Delta University for Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Amira Hussin Hussin Mohammed

Associated professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Amira H Mohammed, PHD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Delta University for Science and Technology

Locations

Amira Hussin Mohammed

Gamasa, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id