| The Effect and Duration of Eight Weeks of Neuromuscular Training on Pain and Quality of Life in People with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome |
| Paper ID : 1273-SSRC-13TH |
| Authors |
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sara majidinasab * olom tahghighat of tehran |
| Abstract |
| Introduction: Patellofemoral pain syndrome is one of the most common orthopedic problems with the etiology discussed in adolescence and youth. Pain in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome appears with placing loads on the extensor mechanism of the knee and activities associated with bending the knee. There is no specific test to diagnose patellofemoral pain syndrome, and the diagnosis is often based on clinical signs and physical examinations. In patellofemoral pain syndrome, there is persistent joint inflammation. In many cases, the initial treatment for patellofemoral pain syndrome is non-surgical and includes non-pharmacological and physical treatments. Methodology: Forty women with patellofemoral pain syndrome participated in this study who were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (n=20). From both groups in the study, VAS questionnaire to determine the amount of pain and KOOS questionnaire to measure the quality of life were taken as a pretest. Afterwards, the experimental group underwent 3 sessions of neuromuscular training every week for eight weeks according to the presented training protocol and the control group did not undergo any training or therapeutic intervention. At the end of eight weeks, the tests were taken as post-tests in both groups, and the results were analyzed by Spss22 and paired t-test. Findings: According to the study results, the pain variables (P-value=0/000) and quality of life (P-value=0/000) in the experimental group were improved compared to the control group with a significant level of . Conclusion: The neuromuscular training used in the present study has improved motor function by applying stress on neuromuscular systems. Other possible reasons for improved motor function include increased exercise-induced neural adaptations such as the use of more efficient neural units, reorganization in the somatosensory cortex, increased efficiency and power of synaptic communication, increased nervous system activation, reduced neural inhibitory responses, reduced resistance of neural pathways to impulse transmission, improving as well as facilitating impulse transmission and improving as well as facilitating the transmission of inputs to each of the senses. |
| Keywords |
| "Neuromuscular training" , "pain " , "quality of life" , "patellofemoral pain syndrome " |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
