A randomised control trial on the effects of massage of the iliotibial band and muscle energy technique on femoral-patella-tibial movement as measured with video tracker software.
Item
- Title
- A randomised control trial on the effects of massage of the iliotibial band and muscle energy technique on femoral-patella-tibial movement as measured with video tracker software.
- Author(s)
- Leaton, J
- Abstract
- Background: Patella maltracking is often associated with patella femoral pain syndrome which is a very common condition. However the current surgical treatment is often inappropriate and conservative manual therapy is under researched in order to fully justify its use. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of massage on the ITB and MET of the TFL on reducing the degrees of movement of the patella on the femur and tibia during a weighted squat. Design: A randomised control trial. Method: Any student currently attending the European School of Osteopathy on the integrated master's course will be invited to take part in the study. Participants were excluded if they were currently suffering from lower back, hip, knee or ankle pain that exceeds 4/10 on a numerical rating scale; pain experienced during the performed squat; any long-term steroid medication use; history of calcium metabolic conditions; osteopaenia or osteoporosis; consent withdrawn. Participants were split into either the ITB massage group, MET of the TFL group or the control group. They were asked to perform a squat and markers on their tibia and patella were tracked throughout the exercise. The intervention was then carried out which was either massage of the ITB for 2 minutes, MET of the TFL or to be side lying for 2 minutes After this the squat was repeated and the markers were tracked again. The degree of lateral translation was measured and analysed by a Shapiro Wilk test, an ANOVA and a post hoc power test. Results: The control and the ITB massage group had an overall reduction in lateral translation and the MET of TFL group had an average increase although none of this was found to be statistically significant. Discussion: Related studies did show similar results except they demonstrated statistical significance, the disparity is possibly due to a small sample size. The increase in lateral translation in the MET group is put down to it increasing the q-angle due to muscle imbalances. Conclusion: There is no statistically significant difference between the effects of massage of the ITB, MET of TFL and a control on femoral-patella.-tibial movement in the frontal plane. Further research in this area is needed as quality published work is lacking.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2015
- Date Submitted
- 2.12.2016 16:55:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15902
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- MET, Patella, Ma/tracking, Knee
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Leaton, J, “A randomised control trial on the effects of massage of the iliotibial band and muscle energy technique on femoral-patella-tibial movement as measured with video tracker software.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/579