The Movement Control Training Associated With Conventional Physical Therapy is More Effective Than Conventional Physical Therapy Alone in Pain and Functional Performance? (MCTACPTMECPTA)

Assess pain, performance function, hip and knee strength and kinematics of trunk and lower limbs during single leg hop test after movement control training associated to hip and knee muscle strengthening.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Conventional Physical Therapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 34
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • SP
    • São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 02020000
      • Universidade Nove de Julho

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sedentary women,
• Previous knee pain last 3 months in at least two of the following activities: sitting for long periods, walk up or down stairs, squat, running and jumping

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lower limb surgery,
• Patella displacement
• Knee instability
• Heart or locomotor disorders which might influence the evaluation

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental: Conventional Physical Therapy; Strength, this arm will receive hip and knee muscle strengthening with and without weight bearing.	Other: Conventional Physical Therapy; Other Names: hip abductors, lateral hip rotators and knee extensors strengthing exercises with and without weightbearing
Active Comparator: Movement control training; Movement control training, this arm will receive movement control training associated to muscle strengthening.	Other: Conventional Physical Therapy; Other Names: hip abductors, lateral hip rotators and knee extensors strengthing exercises with and without weightbearing

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain	NRPS Score	4 weeks
Functional Performance	Single leg hop test distance	4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Strength of hip and knee extensor muscles measured through hand-held dynamometer	4 weeks
3D kinematic range of motion of hip adduction during single leg hop test	4 weeks
3D kinematic maximum angular value of hip adduction during single leg hop test	4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Nove de Julho

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 2, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 3, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): December 8, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 8, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 3, 2015
• Last Verified: December 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Other Study ID Numbers: : PL004