Changes in Quadriceps Function Following Local or Distant Interventions in Individuals With Patel… (NCT01434966) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Changes in Quadriceps Function Following Local or Distant Interventions in Individuals With Patellofemoral Pain
United States47 participantsStarted 2011-09
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if interventions applied at a distant site, lumbopelvic region (manipulation and TENS), have a similar effect as interventions applied locally at the knee (TENS) on quadriceps force output and activation as well as reports of pain during common exercises in individuals with PFPS.
Who can participate
Age range15 Years – 50 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 15-50 years
* Insidious onset of patellofemoral pain lasting greater than 1 month in duration
* Unilateral or Bilateral knee pain or dysfunction with at least two of the following symptoms: patella compression, squatting, prolonged sitting, going up or down stairs, or isometric quadriceps contraction.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Participants who are outside of age range (to ensure bony maturity while reducing the prevalence of age related degenerative changes and hypomobility.)
* Ligamentous insufficiency, meniscus damage, patellar tendonitis, history of subluxation/dislocation
* Participants with traumatic spine or lower extremity injury within past 6 months
* Participants who have had previous adverse reactions to electrical stimulation (i.e. electrode burns.)
* Participants with signs indicating lumbar nerve root compression or upper motor neuron lesions (contraindication for lumbopelvic joint manipulation)
* Participants with ankylosing spondylitis (contraindication for lumbopelvic manipulation)
* Participants with spinal cord disease or cauda equina (contraindication for lumbopelvic manipulation)
* Participants with osteoporosis (contraindication for lumbopelvic joint manipulation)
* Participants with rheumatoid arthritis (contraindication to lumbopelvic joint manipulation.)
* Participants who may be currently pregnant. (contraindication for electrical stimulation and lumbopelvic joint manipulation.)
* Participants who have a demand-type cardiac pa…