Physiotherapy effectiveness on muscle strength, flexibility, pain and function in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome
Papadopoulos, Konstantinos 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-8540 and Kabir, Russell
(2016)
Physiotherapy effectiveness on muscle strength, flexibility, pain and function in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome.
Journal of Novel Physiotherapy and Physical Rehabilitation, 3
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pp. 35-39.
ISSN 2455-5487
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(doi:10.17352/2455-5487.000033)
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Abstract
Study objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness on muscle strength, flexibility, pain and function of a six-week physiotherapy treatment for patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome delivered in a district North-West Wales National Health Service Hospital.
Methods: 26 patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (9 males, 16 females) who were referred to the NHS physiotherapy department where asked to complete an AKP Scale and two VASs along with a series of clinical tests that measure lower limb isometric strength and flexibility in two different occasions; The first occasion took place directly after the first treatment session with the physiotherapist; the second occasion took place directly after the last physiotherapy visit which was approximately after 5-8 weeks.
Results: The data showed that physiotherapy treatment in patients with PFPS did not improve strength (measured by the lower limb isometric strength tests or flexibility (measured by the modified Thomas and hamstrings flexibility test) however; pain measured by two VASs (one for usual pain and one for pain on the day of the assessment) and function measured by the AKP Scale function, were significantly improved (VASs p<0.02 & AKP Scale p<0.01 ).
Conclusions: This study reported that physiotherapy treatment in patients with PFPS works, not through strength and flexibility but through other components. There are several possible explanations for the results of this study. Future studies should aim to identify the different treatment components and which of these really work for patients with PFPS.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology A. > School of Science and Technology > London Sport Institute A. > School of Science and Technology > London Sport Institute > Rehabilitation Exercise Science at the London Sport Institute |
| Item ID: | 22651 |
| Notes on copyright: | © 2016 Papadopoulos K, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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| Depositing User: | Kostas Papadopoulos |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2017 14:24 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 21:28 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/22651 |
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