Effectiveness of core stability exercises on swimmer's knee in breaststroke swimmers-A randomized controlled trial Chivate Dhaval1,*, Bharucha Bindi S.2 1Department of Sports Physiotherapy, KLE Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India 2Physiotherapy Intern, KLE Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India *Corresponding Author: Dhaval Chivate Department of Sports Physiotherapy, KLE University Institute of Physiotherapy, Karnataka, India, Email: kipt@india.com
Online published on 18 January, 2019. Abstract After swimmer's shoulder, breaststroker's knee also known as swimmer's knee, is the second leading cause of injury holding 25% of all swimming injuries. Core instability also results in lower extremity injuries. The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of core stability exercises on swimmer's knee in breaststroke swimmers. This study includes 44 breaststroke swimmers (8-18years old), 22 participants in group A and 22 participants in group B with medial aspect of knee pain. The knee pain was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Functional Index Questionnaire (FIQ) and core strength was scored using pressure biofeedback calibrated at 40mmHg. Lap time was measured using stop watch. After evaluation, group A and group B was conventional exercises and core stability exercises respectively. The results showed a significant difference in the reduction of swimmer's knee between the groups with a p-value difference of 0.0001. This emphasizes core stability exercises is better than conventional exercises to reduce swimmers knee. Top Keywords Swimmer's knee, core stability, conventional exercises, core stability exercises, VAS, FIQ, pressure biofeedback, lap time. Top |