Comparison of Concentric-eccentric Exercises in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06197958
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Patellofemoral pain syndrome is due to dysfunctional dynamic knee valgus resulting from decrease in strength of hip abductors or abnormal rear-foot eversion with pes pronatus valgus. It is also associated with vastus medialis/vastus lateralis disbalance, hamstring tightness or iliotibial tract tightness.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Concentric-eccentric Exercises in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Conditions
- Patello Femoral Syndrome
- Patellofemoral Pain
- Knee Pain Chronic
- Interventions
- Other: eccentric exercises
- Other: concentric exercises
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Start date
- 2023-10-20
- Primary completion
- 2024-02-20
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 36 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Players between the age 18 to 36 years. * Both male and female gender. * Patients who have Patellar grind test positive. * The presence of retropatellar or peripatellar pain. * Reproduction of retropatellar or peripatellar pain with squatting, stair climbing, prolonged sitting, or other functional activities loading the PFJ in a flexed position. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with a history of recent trauma or surgery of lower limb (16), administration of steroid injection in the past 6 months. * Recent administration of platelet-rich plasma containing growth factors, diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, myositis ossificans, diagnosis of other muscular disorder. * Patients who had taken physical therapy of any sort in the past six months will be excluded from the study. * Furthermore, individuals with any history of occupation-related pain will be ruled out
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06197958