Efficacy Analysis in Long Term of Radiofrecuency Combined vs. T.E. in the Treatment of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome focused on measuring Musculoskeletal, Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Knee Pain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Citeria:
- Age from 18 to 55
- . Patients with anterior knee pain were referred by a primary care physician at a public health center in southern Spain. Those participants with a self-reported pain intensity = 30 mm on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and a score <45 points in personal psychology The Apprehension Scale (PPAS) were invited to participate. The PPAS is a valid, reliable and easy-to-use tool for assessing the apprehension of subjects to receive electrical stimulation therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any contraindication for the use of MDR.
- Present cognitive alterations.
- Have undergone conservative or surgical treatment of the knee in less than 6 months.
- Having received injections of corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid; impaired cognition or communication; and be involved in an ongoing medical-legal dispute.
Sites / Locations
- Cristo Jesús Barrios Quinta
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
CONTROL GROUP:
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
You will be provided exclusively therapeutic exercises protocol to develop in the home setting that you must perform following a daily activity for three weeks.
After the initial evaluation, the first 10 treatment sessions will be developed at the rate of five daily sessions in the first week, three sessions on alternate days in the second week and two sessions on alternate days in the third week (3 weeks in total), applying the monopolar capacitive diathermy with radiofrequency in the anterior aspect of the knee, in dynamic application in one of the members: affect or randomized (uni or bilateral pathology, respectively). This diathermy will be combined with a therapeutic exercise program supervised by a Physiotherapist. The treatment is administered with a pulsatile short-wave equipment and inductive electrodes of 100 W peak power, with a frequency of application of twice daily with a dose submitis (grade I), for 10 min, with a frequency of repetition of the impulses of 46 Hz and a pulse duration of 0.2 ms.