Effect of Adding Blood Flow Restriction to Strengthening Exercise in Patients With Patellofemoral… (NCT06565754) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Effect of Adding Blood Flow Restriction to Strengthening Exercise in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Egypt50 participantsStarted 2024-09-01
Plain-language summary
To study the effect of adding BFRT to strengthening exercises and compare it with strengthening exercises alone in improving, muscular strength, pain, function, joint position sense, and dynamic balance test (star excursion test). in patients with PFPS.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 35 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patient referred from Orthopedic surgeon with diagnosis of patellofemoral pain syndrome PFPS.
* Both genders.
* BMI ranges from 18.5 to 29.9.
* Age ranges between 18 and 40 years experienced non-traumatic PFPS onset of anterior knee pain for greater than 2 weeks.
* Pain with any two activities, including running, jumping, squatting, kneeling, stair ascent/descent or prolonged sitting.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Coexisting pathology around the knee, including patellar subluxation or dislocation.
* Other sources of anterior knee pain (bursa, fat pad).
* Previous knee surgery.
* Suspicion of patellar tendinopathy, with strong consideration of pain localised to the patellar tendon.
* Any cardiovascular disease.
* Uncontrolled hypertension.
* Any lower limb trauma.
* Hip and ankle pathology.
* BMI more than 30%.
* Pregnancy.