Objective: To compare the effects of exercise
p r o g r a m w i t h a n d w i t h o u t h i p m u s c l e s
strengthening to improve pain & functional
limitation in participants with patellafemoral
dysfunction.
Methodology: It was a randomized controlled trial
conducted from January to June 2017. The data
were collected from The University Teaching
Hospital, University of Lahore. A total of 30
participants with patellofemoral pain syndrome
were randomly allocated into two groups by dice
method. The Group-A (n=15) received hip
muscles strengthening exercise along with
conventional physiotherapy treatment whereas
Group-B (n=15) received only conventional
physiotherapy. Visual Analogue Scale and Kujala
scale were used as outcome measure tools. 1st
reading was taken before treatment and 2nd and 3rd
readings were taken after third and sixth week of
treatment.
Conclusion: Hip muscles strengthening exercise
along with conventional physiotherapy was more
effective than conventional physiotherapy for
patient with patellofemoral dysfunction. (Rawal
Med J 202;45:136-239).
Results: The improvement in the score of visual
analog scale in Group-A was 4.67±0.97 and in
Group-B was 3.00±1.25 (p=0.002). The
improvement in the score of Kujala scale was
41.00±12.86 in Group-A and 30.06±13.62 in
Group-B (p=0.03).
Faiza Sharif, Halima Shoukat, Muhammad Asim Arif. (2020) Effects of strengthening of hip abductors and lateral rotators for improving pain & functional limitation in patients with patellofemoral dysfunction, , Volume 45, Issue-1.
