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

Sponsor

Texas Woman's University (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01975311

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

1.5

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome	Other: Lumbopelvic Manipulation Other: Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

27 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Effect of Lumbopelvic Manipulation on Hip and Knee Neuromuscular Activity, Pain Intensity, and Functional Activity in People With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.

Study Start Date :

Oct 1, 2012

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Apr 1, 2014

Actual Study Completion Date :

Apr 1, 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Lumbopelvic Manipulation Participants in this group will receive lumboplevic manipulation twice within a week.	Other: Lumbopelvic Manipulation High-velocity low-amplitude non-specific lumbopelvic thrust manipulation
Placebo Comparator: 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.	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.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Lumbopelvic Manipulation

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

Other: Lumbopelvic Manipulation

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

Placebo Comparator: 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.

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.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Electromyography (EMG) of the hip and knee muscle [The EMG data will be collected within one week for all participants in both groups.]
EMG unit will be used to study the hip and knee muscle activities.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [The pain VAS data will be collected within one week for all participants in both groups]
Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) [The LEFS data will be collected within one week for all participants in both groups.]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

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.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Texas Woman's University, School of Physical Therapy - Dallas Campus	Dallas	Texas	United States	75235

Sponsors and Collaborators

Texas Woman's University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Texas Woman's University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01975311

Other Study ID Numbers:

17284

First Posted:

Nov 3, 2013

Last Update Posted:

Jan 12, 2015

Last Verified:

Nov 1, 2014

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Syndrome

Somatoform Disorders

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jan 12, 2015