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

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Federal University of Ceara

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, 60430-160