Therapeutic Effect of Two Muscle Strengthening Programs in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome From Bogota, Colombia. Experimental Study, Clinical Controlled Trial

Experimental study: controlled clinical trial, designed to evaluate the effect of two muscle strengthening programs in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome. Young adults between 15 and 40 years old, with clinical diagnosis of patellofemoral pain syndrome (by means of Computerized Axial Tomography and medical concept of a specialist Orthopedist in knee), in the last three years, non-athletes with a level of physical activity between mild and moderate, affiliated to the health care institution CAFAM (Caja de Compensación Familiar is a compensation fund of Colombia that has pharmacies, hotels, Convention Center, Recreation Club, School, among others and offers Subsidy Services, Credits, Insurance, Tourism, Health, Education, Housing). All the procedures developed within the study had as a reference the standards of good clinical practice and ethical principles for medical research in humans. The participants signed the informed consent where they accepted their participation in the present study. The participants were randomized with the SNOSE (sequentially numbered, opaque sealed envelopes) method to two protocols of muscular strengthening (Group A: Exercises for core, hip and knee and Group B: Exercises for Hip and Knee).