Analysis of the reliability of the biomechanical parameters in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome during stair-climbing

• Grant number: 11/04808-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Fábio Mícolis de Azevedo
• Grantee: Deisi Ferrari
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The SDFP often affects athletes and sedentary female population causing diffuse pain or previous retropatellar that is exacerbated during functional activities such as walking up and down steps, stand for a long time sitting, squatting or kneeling, among others. Although its etiology remains unclear, it is known that there is a physiological change in the patellofemoral joint resulting from an instability of the patella, leaving it susceptible to the medial or lateral displacement during movement of knee extension. It is believed that this patellar instability is caused by an imbalance between the action of the vastus lateralis (VL) and vastus medialis (VM), affecting the alignment of the patella in the intercondylar groove. The electromyographic study of the VL and VM muscles during stair climbing is often used for analysis of SDFP, because the EMG allows an analysis of electrical signals from muscle, while the ladder provides an exacerbation of the balanced activity of VL and VM muscles during activity . Research in this area are carried out, but methodological differences occur, especially with regard to the processing methods of electromyographic (EMG), contributing to the uncertainties regarding the causes of SDFP. In this context, this project aims to test the feasibility and reproducibility of a parameter-specific indicator of the frequency spectrum of the EMG signal for the characterization of SDFP, represented by bands of low intensity (15 to 45 Hz), medium ( 45 to 96Hz) and high frequency (96 to 400Hz) in an experiment involving a functional activity of stair climbing.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FERRARI, DEISI; KURIKI, HELOYSE ULIAM; SILVA, CRISTIANO ROCHA; ALVES, NERI; DE AZEVEDO, FABIO MICOLIS. Diagnostic Accuracy of the Electromyography Parameters Associated With Anterior Knee Pain in the Diagnosis of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, v. 95, n. 8, p. 1521-1526, AUG 2014. (11/04808-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FERRARI, Deisi. Análise da reprodutibilidade de parâmetros biomecânicos em indivíduos saudáveis e portadores da síndrome da dor femoropatelar durante subida de escada. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Presidente Prudente Presidente Prudente.