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Disability among Patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome and Instability among Patients with Anterior Knee Pain

Saima Saddique, Umair Ahmad and Hafiz Muhammad Asim

Anterior knee pain is commonly occurring problem and it is mostly connected with middle aged people, who are involving strenuous activities and in young individuals involving in sports activities due to patellar instability. The individual with over using and repeated trauma leads to developing anterior knee pain.

The purpose of my study is to determine the proportion of Patellofemoral pain with malalignment and without malalignment and instability among patients with anterior knee pain.

The rational of this study is to determine the proportion of PFPS. By doing this study I will help the clinicians for correct decision making.

A case series study was done in different settings of Lahore and Multan. Convenience sampling technique was done to collect data from individuals. A well-structured Kujala score questionnaire was used to collect data from different patients regarding age gender, limp, support, walking, stairs, squatting, Running, jumping, prolonged sitting with knee flexed, pain, swelling, abnormal painful kneecap movements, atrophy of thigh and flexion deficiency.

Anterior knee pain is frequently found in females with ratio of 62 percent. The Kujala score was used to determine the disability. If the score is high than there is low disability and vice versa. The range I have found in my study is 85 with mean 61, minimum 10, maximum 95 and standard deviation 1.79. Thekujala score range 85 shows that individual having anterior knee pain is not related to some malalignment problems it may be due to other nonmalalignment reasons. The patients who have score are in the range of 85 having no difficulty in performing their daily activities.

This study have concluded that anterior knee pain is commonly problem now a days. But it’s not mainly due to some malalignment and instability problems. It would be due to some other reasons which lead to developing anterior knee pain. This is mostly in individuals with age between 40 to 50 age groups.