Meta‐analyses showed no significant changes in strength for any of the interventions . •
BACKGROUND : The addition of hip strengthening to knee strengthening for persons with patellofemoral pain has the potential to optimize treatment effects .
OBJECTIVE : To examine the efficacy of hip strengthening , associated or not with knee strengthening , to increase strength , reduce pain , and improve activity in individuals with patellofemoral pain .
The Efficacy of Treatment of Different Intervention Programs for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome–A Single Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial. Pilot Study
Patello-femoral pain syndrome ( PFPS ) is a common knee joint disability . The integration of hip soft tissue regimens are not always emphasized , although current literature implies that there is a significant relationship between the two and there is a lack of r and omized clinical trials to substantiate this relationship in clinical practice . A r and omized controlled assessor blinded trial was design ed to explore different rehabilitation programs related to PFPS . The study was conducted at RAZIEL institute of physical therapy , Netania , Israel with a total of 30 consecutive patients ( mean age 35y ) , diagnosed with PFPS . All patients were r and omly allocated into 3 groups . Group I conventional knee rehabilitation program . Included quadriceps strengthening and Trans Electric Neuromuscular Stimulation ( TENS ) . Group II hip oriented rehabilitation program . included stretching , Hip external rotators strengthening and TENS . Group III a combination of the two above programs .  Pain and function were documented on initial of the program and again 3 weeks later , on the completion . Pain was assessed by a numeric visual analogue scale ( VAS ) ; function was assessed by Patello-femoral joint evaluation scale ( PFJES ) ( 0 - 100 points ) . At end of trial , all groups showed significant improvements in VAS and PFJES ( p<0.0001 ) ; these improvements did not vary significantly between the 3 groups . The conclusions were that the explored different rehabilitation programs showed a similar beneficial effect
Meta‐analyses showed no significant changes in strength for any of the interventions . •
BACKGROUND : The addition of hip strengthening to knee strengthening for persons with patellofemoral pain has the potential to optimize treatment effects .
OBJECTIVE : To examine the efficacy of hip strengthening , associated or not with knee strengthening , to increase strength , reduce pain , and improve activity in individuals with patellofemoral pain .