NCT05971966

Effects of Virtual Reality Rehabilitation and Muscle Energy Technique in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.

Effect of Virtual Reality Rehabilitation and Muscle Energy Technique in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the effects of Virtual reality rehabilitation and muscle energy techniques in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome for reducing pain, enhancing knee range of motion and improve functional activities.

Detailed description

Muscle energy technique is defined as a manual treatment in which patient produces a contraction in a precisely controlled position and direction against the counterforce applied by a manual therapist. Applications of MET to stretch and increase myofascial tissue extensibility seem to affect viscoelastic and plastic tissue property. Virtual reality generates a virtual world in three dimensional space through a computer simulation that stimulates user senses, such as sight and hearing, making users feel as if they are immersed in it. VRBR is effective in improving knee pain, ROM, strength and functions. immersive VR is more appropriate for pain reduction, improving range of motion and functional activities. It distracts the patient and allows to perform active and rehabilitation exercises to reduce cognitive attention in pain and avoidance behavior.

Conditions

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Knee Pain Chronic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual Reality technique	They would be receiving treatment as follow: Specific exercises by using virtual reality with conventional treatment. The VR game included holopoint,hot squat and portal stories that will target the hamstring, quadriceps and gluteas muscles.Frequency: 3 times/week for 4 weeks Intensity: moderate intensity (pain free) Time: 20 mins Type: virtual reality gaming exercises Conventional PT including patellar mobilization+ ultrasound on anterior knee in supine lying + stretching of ITB . Frequency: 10 reps with 5 sec hold for 3 times/week for 4 weeks Intensity: moderate-high intensity (depending on pain tolerance) Time: 10 mins
OTHER	Muscle energy technique	They would be receiving treatment as follow: Muscle energy technique of quadriceps and hamstring muscles. Frequency: 3 times/week for 4 weeks Intensity: moderate intensity (pain free) Time: 20 mins Type: Muscle energy technique to improve range of motion. Conventional PT including patellar mobilization + ultrasound on anterior knee in supine lying + stretching of ITB. Frequency: 10 reps with 5 sec hold for 3 times/week for 2 weeks Intensity: moderate-high intensity (depending on pain tolerance) Time: 10 mins

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-30
• Primary completion: 2024-03-28
• Completion: 2024-04-28
• First posted: 2023-08-02
• Last updated: 2023-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan