Clinical trial NCT02707679: Comparison of Effects of Mobilization With Movement and Kinesiotaping in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Official title: Comparison of Short-Term Effects of Mobilization With Movement and Kinesiotaping on Pain, Function and Balance in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Control
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Keywords: Knee
Mobilization
Taping
Function
Balance
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-03-14
Enrollment: 35
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS), also known as the anterior knee pain, is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders. Most of the patients suffer from knee pain for long time. The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term effects of Mobilization with movement and Kinesiotaping on pain, function and balance in patient with PFPS.

Detailed description: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome is one of the most common musculoskeletal problem in the world. It's incidence is also becoming higher and most people who have knee pain suffer from it for long time. In the treatment of PFPS, conservative treatment methods are preferred prior to surgical ones. When the literature was reviewed, no study in which Mobilization with movement (MWM) method was used and in which the effects of it was shown and compared with (Kinesiotaping) KT has been found so far with respect to the treatment of PFPS. Thirty-five female patients diagnosed with unilateral PFPS were randomly assigned into 2 groups. The patients in the first group (n=18) received two techniques of Mobilization with movement intervention while Kinesiotaping was applied to the other group (n=17). Both groups were treated with exercise. All patients received 4 sessions of treatment twice a week for a period of 2 weeks and followed up in accordance with a 6-week-home exercise program. Primary outcomes: pain severity, knee range of motion, hamstring flexibility, and physical performance (10-step stair climbing test, timed up and go test), Kujala Patellofemoral Pain Scoring and Y-Balance test were assessed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* having knee pain at least 3 months and more than 3 points according to visual analog scale

Exclusion Criteria:

* no complying to the rehabilitation
* if patient wants to finished and want to complete study, they were excluded
* having meniscus, bursa, ligament, patellar tendon lesions, patellofemoral dislocation and/or recurrent subluxation, undergone lower extremity surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: Knee pain measured with Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Knee joint range of motion was measured Universal goniometer.
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Balance measured with Y- Balance Test
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Function was measured with 10-step-ascent & descent stair-climbing test.
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Function was measured Kujala patellofemoral scoring system
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Function was measured with timed up&go test
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Hamstring muscle flexibility was measured Universal goniometer.
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: supervisor of the study
name: Volga Bayrakcı Tunay, Prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Djordjevic OC, Vukicevic D, Katunac L, Jovic S. Mobilization with movement and kinesiotaping compared with a supervised exercise program for painful shoulder: results of a clinical trial. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2012 Jul;35(6):454-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.07.006. Epub 2012 Aug 24.
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