NCT06241053

Effects of Multimodal Physical Therapy With and Without McConnell Taping in Patients With Anterior Knee Pain.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to determine the effect Multimodal physical therapy with and without McConnell taping on pain, functional limitation and severity of symptoms in patients with anterior knee pain.

Detailed description

The term "Anterior Knee Pain" is often used interchangeably with "Patellelofemoral Pain Syndrome" (PFPS or " runner's knee" which involves stiffness and pain when patellofemoral joint is loaded with different activities that require prolonged knee flexion, stairs climbing or descending , running, kneeling and squatting. Multimodal therapy and tapping techniques are useful for reducing pain and improving functional activities of patient daily living. In this randomized clinical trial, Thirty participants with anterior knee pain will be randomly assigned to one of the two intervention groups: Group A: Group A will be treated with multimodal physical therapy program with McConnell taping. Group B: Group B will be treated with multimodal physical therapy program without McConnell taping. Randomization will be performed using a convenient random sampling method via lottery method. Each participant will receive a total of 12 treatment sessions. over a four-week period. The effects of the interventions will be assessed at the beginning (first session), conclusion (eight session). Participants will be followed up after 4 weeks again. Outcome measures, including pain intensity, functional limitation and severity of symptoms will be evaluating using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) and Anterior Knee Pain Scale (AKPS) respectively. Data will be analyzed using SPSS software version 25. Normality of data will be assessed using the Shapiro-wilk test. For within-group comparisons, paired t- test will be used. To compare changes between the groups, the independent t-test will be applied, depending on the data distribution. The analysis of these outcome measures will provide. valuable insights into the impact of the interventions on participants' pain, functional limitation and severity of symptoms.

Conditions

• Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Multimodal therapy with McConnell taping	Multimodal therapy includes core exercises, hip exercises and vastus medialis training. Core exercises include curls ups, toa taps, side planks, supine straight leg raising, side lying straight leg raising, prone knee flexion, draw foot circles in supine and side lying, prone cobra, hip and knee extension, weight bearing, hip flexion sitting on ball, wight bearing forward and backward on the ball, stairs up on Swiss ball. Hip training includes Hip abduction, Hip external rotation in standing and sitting. VMO muscle strengthening will includes squats with a ball.
OTHER	Multimodal therapy without McConnell taping	Multimodal therapy without McConnell taping

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-05
• Primary completion: 2024-02-05
• Completion: 2024-02-05
• First posted: 2024-02-05
• Last updated: 2024-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan