NCT03918863

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Patellofemoral Pain

Effects of a Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Protocol in Women With Patellofemoral Pain

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective this study is to analyze the effects of an intervention protocol with neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the vastus medialis obliquus and gluteus medius (GM) associated with exercises on electromyographic activity, muscle performance, self-reported functionality and pain of women with patellofemoral pain.

Detailed description

This is a randomized, blinded trial in which 40 women, aged 18-30 years, will be randomized into 2 groups: Stimulation and Exercise Group (SEG) - will perform an exercise protocol associated with stimulation in the vastus medialis (VM) and gluteus medius (GM) muscles. Exercises Group (ExG) - will perform the same protocol of exercises of the previous group, however, without association with neuromuscular electrical stimulation. The intervention will occur twice a week for eight weeks. All volunteers will be submitted to the evaluation of the electromyographic activity of the VM, the GM and the vastus lateralis, the dynamometric parameters, the intensity of the pain and the functionality, in four moments: 72h hours before the beginning of the intervention; after 4 weeks of intervention; after 8 weeks of intervention; after 16 weeks from the start of the intervention (eight weeks after the end of the protocol). In this way, the investigators will investigate the applicability of the proposed trial with the use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and identify the effects of this resource in the treatment of PFP.

Conditions

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neuromuscular electrical stimulation	Exercise protocol associated with neuromuscular electrical stimulation on vastus medialis and gluteus medius. Parameters: rectangular pulse shape, biphasic, symmetrical, pulse duration of 200μs, interbust interval of 10ms and frequency of 2.500Hz modulated in 50 bursts.
OTHER	Exercise	Same protocol of exercises of the other group, without association of electrical stimulation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-24
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2020-12-01
• First posted: 2019-04-18
• Last updated: 2019-10-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Brazil