Effectiveness of exercise versus exercise plus tape in the manaqement of females with patellofemoral pain

Sports accidents;Exercise for women - Physiological aspects;Patellofemoral joint

Froehling, Lori A.Miller, M. ;

University of Wisconsin

关键词: Sports accidents;    Exercise for women - Physiological aspects;    Patellofemoral joint;   

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来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

The difference among no treatment, use of traditional physical therapyexercises, and use of the same exercises plus patellar taping was investigated.Thirty female Ss (agesl8-43) with nontraumatic onset of knee pain of at least 6week duration were assigned to an exercise, exercise plus tape, or controlgroup. Ss in the exercise and exercise plus tape groups were instructed inflexibility and strengthening exercises which were progressed over 8 weeks.Ss in the exercise plus tape group also performed patellofemoral taping basedon McConnell principles for 2 to 4 weeks. Data were gathered on subjectivereporting of symptcms with the Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation, Inc.:Initial Knee History, symptom reproduction with performance of a functionalactivity, McConnell patellofernoral orientation, and surface electromyography ofvastus medialis oblique (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) recruitment and ratio.The results indicated that Ss in the exercise plus tape group reported asignificant decrease in subjective symptoms and progressed to painfreefunctional activities and improved VMO recruitment more quickly than subjectswho used exercise alone, or those who received no treatment. The mechanismfor this change was unclear but did not appear to be related to PF orientation orVM0:VL ratio which did not differ between groups or change over time.