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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Changes in knee biomechanics after a hip-abductor strengthening protocol for runners with patellofemoral pain syndrome.
Journal of Athletic Training 2011 March
CONTEXT: Very few authors have investigated the relationship between hip-abductor muscle strength and frontal-plane knee mechanics during running.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate this relationship using a 3-week hip-abductor muscle-strengthening program to identify changes in strength, pain, and biomechanics in runners with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS).
DESIGN: Cohort study.
SETTING: University-based clinical research laboratory.
PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen individuals (5 men, 10 women) with PFPS and 10 individuals without PFPS (4 men, 6 women) participated.
INTERVENTION(S): The patients with PFPS completed a 3-week hip-abductor strengthening protocol; control participants did not.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The dependent variables of interest were maximal isometric hip-abductor muscle strength, 2-dimensional peak knee genu valgum angle, and stride-to-stride knee-joint variability. All measures were recorded at baseline and 3 weeks later. Between-groups differences were compared using repeated-measures analyses of variance.
RESULTS: At baseline, the PFPS group exhibited reduced strength, no difference in peak genu valgum angle, and increased stride-to-stride knee-joint variability compared with the control group. After the 3-week protocol, the PFPS group demonstrated increased strength, less pain, no change in peak genu valgum angle, and reduced stride-to-stride knee-joint variability compared with baseline.
CONCLUSIONS: A 3-week hip-abductor muscle-strengthening protocol was effective in increasing muscle strength and decreasing pain and stride-to-stride knee-joint variability in individuals with PFPS. However, concomitant changes in peak knee genu valgum angle were not observed.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate this relationship using a 3-week hip-abductor muscle-strengthening program to identify changes in strength, pain, and biomechanics in runners with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS).
DESIGN: Cohort study.
SETTING: University-based clinical research laboratory.
PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen individuals (5 men, 10 women) with PFPS and 10 individuals without PFPS (4 men, 6 women) participated.
INTERVENTION(S): The patients with PFPS completed a 3-week hip-abductor strengthening protocol; control participants did not.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The dependent variables of interest were maximal isometric hip-abductor muscle strength, 2-dimensional peak knee genu valgum angle, and stride-to-stride knee-joint variability. All measures were recorded at baseline and 3 weeks later. Between-groups differences were compared using repeated-measures analyses of variance.
RESULTS: At baseline, the PFPS group exhibited reduced strength, no difference in peak genu valgum angle, and increased stride-to-stride knee-joint variability compared with the control group. After the 3-week protocol, the PFPS group demonstrated increased strength, less pain, no change in peak genu valgum angle, and reduced stride-to-stride knee-joint variability compared with baseline.
CONCLUSIONS: A 3-week hip-abductor muscle-strengthening protocol was effective in increasing muscle strength and decreasing pain and stride-to-stride knee-joint variability in individuals with PFPS. However, concomitant changes in peak knee genu valgum angle were not observed.
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