Status:
COMPLETED
Immediate Effects of Ankle Mobilization on Dorsiflexion Range of Motion in Women With Patellofemoral Pain.
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Federal do Ceara
Conditions:
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-35 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Anterior Knee Pain or Patellofemoral Pain (PFP) is one of the most common disorders that affecting knee in the physically active population, being a condition that typically presents as diffuse knee p...
Detailed Description
The sample of this study will be formed by 117 lower limbs of women with PFP who have ankle dorsoflexion restriction, divided into three groups. Each group will contain 39 lower limbs and receive an a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Presence of localized pain in the anterior region of the knee and / or around the patella, reproduced with at least two of the following activities: climbing / descending stairs, crouching, kneeling, long sitting, isometric contraction of the quadriceps, running and jump.
- Existence of a report of pain for at least three months, beginning incidental and unrelated to some traumatic event in the knee.
- Pain with intensity of at least three points in the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain in the last week.
- Limitation of the ankle dorsiflexion range of motion measured by the Lunge Test in the lower limb with Patellofemoral Pain.
Exclusion
- History of surgery in the lumbar spine, hip, knee and / or ankle;
- History of fractures in the lumbar spine, hip, knee and / or ankle;
- History of patellar dislocation;
- Presence of edema in the knee joint;
- Presence of meniscal injury;
- Injury of cruciate ligament and / or collateral ligaments;
- Presence of tendonopathy in the patellar tendon, tendons of the goose and / or band leg tibial ilium;
- Presence of Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome or Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndromes.
- Presence of pain in the lumbar spine and / or hip.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 14 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 25 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
117 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03281421
Start Date
September 14 2017
End Date
September 25 2018
Last Update
February 22 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Federal University of Ceara
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, 60430-160