Adding Mindfulness Practice to Exercise Therapy for Female Recreational Runners With Patellofemoral Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Considering current models that highlight the role of psychological components in pain management, mindfulness practice may be an effective strategy in the management of pain.

Objective

To examine the effects of adding an 8-week mindfulness program to exercise therapy on the perceptions of pain severity, knee function, fear of movement, and pain catastrophizing of female recreational runners with patellofemoral pain (PFP).

Design

Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Setting

University laboratory.

Patients or other participants

Thirty female runners (age = 28.3 ± 7.08 years) with PFP were randomly assigned to the exercise or mindfulness-exercise group.

Intervention(s)

The exercise-only group followed a protocol (18 weeks, 3 sessions/wk) th

SUBMITTER: Bagheri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359715 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature