Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy Neuromodulation Added to Supervised Therapeutic Exercise in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Single Blind Randomized Controlled Trial with Six Months of Follow-Up

“…These results agree with the ones obtained in knee osteoarthritis by Kumaran and Watson, where pain improvements achieved with radiofrequency diathermy treatment reached four points on the VAS [8]. Their long-term results are lower compared with the ones of the present study, which could be due to the point that knees in osteoarthritis present higher tissue degeneration than in PFP [16]. Both the present study with supervised exercise and the one of Albornoz-Cabello et al (2020) with home exercises agree about the effectiveness of adding RFD to knee exercises, obtaining similar results [5].…”

“…Supervised therapeutic exercises that includes the knee and hip joints are considered to be the most recommendable therapy for PFP [1,6,15]. However, there is an interest in adding other complementary techniques to this approach that could increase treatment efficacy by promoting tissue regeneration [16] and reducing the time of the intervention [1,6]. Due to the scarce evidence about the effects of neuromodulation using radiofrequency diathermy in PFP and the hypothesis that this technique could complement the effects of exercises by reducing pain and recovery time [5], the objective of this study is to investigate the effects of adding neuromodulation via radiofrequency diathermy to knee and hip exercises on the pain, function and quality of life of PFP patients.…”