Effect of comprehensive rehabilitation treatment on pain, muscle force, physical function and quality of life in officer students with dynamic valgus of the lower limb

Effect of rehabilitation treatment on pain, muscle force, physical function and quality of life in officer students with dynamic valgus of lower limb

Clinical trial with an intervention group and a control group, with parallel groups, single blinded, randomly constructed, on 40 people in each group

In this study, eligible individuals among the officer students of Imam Hossein University who refer to the university clinic, will enter the study and be randomly assigned to two intervention and control groups. The researcher will conduct therapeutic interventions for each group within six weeks. Data collection, outcome assessment, and data analysis will be done by another colleague and the researcher will be blind to this process. The data collection tools includes lower limb functioning questionnaire, quality of life questionnaire, numerical pain scale, and manual dynamo meter.

Inclusion criteria: knee rotation syndrome with valgus, pain at least 3 on the numerical pain scale, knee pain when running, jumping, sitting and standing up Exclusion criteria: trauma, injury to anterior cruciate ligament

Intervention group: knee strengthening exercises (specific strengthening of Vastus medialis oblique muscle), hip strengthening exercises (specific strengthening of hip abductor and external rotator muscles), taping and biofeedback correction of wrong biomechanical patterns of the lower limbs in daily functions. Control group: knee strengthening exercises (general strengthening of the quadriceps muscle), hip strengthening exercises (general strengthening of the muscles around the hip). In both groups, the interventions will be conducted for six weeks and three sessions per week.

Pain intensity; maximum muscle isometric contraction force; physical performance; quality of life

The random allocation method in this study will be performed as block randomization method. This method is implemented considering blocks of 4, so that the total number of possible permutations of four is 6, including: ABAB, ABBA, BAAB, BABA AABB, BBAA. Eligible people are placed in one of the following groups based on quadruple blocks, A: intervention group, B: control group. To create a random sequence, we will number the possible blocks (6 blocks) from 1 to 6, we will select the block numbers from the random number table, and based on these numbers, we will determine the sequence of blocks in each group. We need 20 blocks to select 80 people. In this study, the unit of randomization is the individual. Allocation concealment will be done by using sequentially numbered, sealed opaque envelopes in a random sequence.

The main researcher will be blinded to the selection and randomization of the participants. The treatment in the intervention and control groups will be done by the main researcher. Data collection before and after the intervention will be done by another colleague who is blinded like the main researcher. The outcomes evaluation and data statistical analysis will be done by the statistical consultant of the project and the main researcher will be also blinded in these fields.

All above will be published in the article.

After the article publication

Researchers and students in academic centers

Other researchers and therapists in the rehabilitation and medical field can use this use the data of this study after the article publication.

After the article publication, people can find the article by searching in internet and access the data.

After the article publication, people can find the article by searching in internet and access the data.