NCT01975311

Effect of Lower Back Treatment in People With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.

Effect of Lumbopelvic Manipulation on Hip and Knee Neuromuscular Activity, Pain Intensity, and Functional Activity in People With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Texas Woman's University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a lower back treatment would change the knee pain intensity and the level of functional activities as well as the muscle activities in people with anterior knee pain. The investigators hypothesized that the lower back treatment may change the hip and knee muscle activities as well as reduce the knee pain intensity and improve the functional activities in people with anterior knee pain.

Conditions

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Lumbopelvic Manipulation	High-velocity low-amplitude non-specific lumbopelvic thrust manipulation
OTHER	Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension	Passive lumbar spine flexion and extension without reaching the physiological end feel for 1 min from a side lying position.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-04-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2013-11-04
• Last updated: 2015-01-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States