Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Activation of Hip Muscles in Runners With Patellofemoral Syndrome: Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief Summary:
Introduction: Hip motor control deficit and neuromuscular disorders of the gluteus medius influence the mechanics of patellofemoral joints through increased dynamic knee valgus and can lead to Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS). Mechanoreceptors can be stimulated by an elastic tape, which sends desired tactile cues via afferent improving the functional support of the musculoskeletal system.
Objective: To analyze the response to hip stabilizer muscle activation in street runners with PFPS through the application of elastic tape therapy.
Methods: The investigators evaluated street runners between the ages of 18 and 45, who run at least 5km/week and had been suffering from pain for at least 3 months. The volunteers had been assessed in relation to their measurements, experience of pain and training routine, their medius muscle (GM) and biceps femoris muscle (BF) had also been tested with surface electromyography through pre-determined performance tests. The participants of both groups wore a bandage for 6 weeks (1 per week). However for the participants of the placebo group the investigators applied a different anatomical path without tension, eliminating all the therapeutic elements. The volunteers were reassessed following the trial.
Hypothesis: Expected to observe that elastic tape therapy do result in any improvement in the activation of hip muscles and improvement of pain in street runners with patellofemoral pain syndrome.