Prevalence of patellofemoral pain among medical students in Egypt

Enas Fawzy Youssef; Karima Abdelaty Hassan; Mahmoud Elsayed Shanab; Mohamed Yasser Habash; Sama Mohamed Ahmed Abdelaal; Mohammed Moustafa Aldosouki Hegazy

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS8.10492

Authors

Enas Fawzy Youssef Professor and chairman of department of musculoskeletal disorders and its surgeries, faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Karima Abdelaty Hassan Lecturer at the department of Musculoskeletal Disorders and its Surgeries, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Elsayed Shanab House officer, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
Mohamed Yasser Habash House officer, Cairo university Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
Sama Mohamed Ahmed Abdelaal House officer, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
Mohammed Moustafa Aldosouki Hegazy
mohamed.mostafa@pt.cu.edu.eg
Lecturer of orthopedic physical therapy, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Keywords:

patellofemoral pain, prevalence, medical students

Abstract

Background: There is a wide variation of the prevalence of patellofemoral pain (PFP), there is limited studies concerning the prevalence of PFPS in Arabic population and specifically medical students in the universities. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of PFP in the medical students of Cairo University (aged 18–25 years) using a self-report online questionnaire. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in Cairo city on 532 medical students of age 18-25 years. Data was collected through online questionnaire. Results: Overall prevalence rate of PFP was 28.76%. PFP was higher in females than males (23.5% and 5.3%, respectively), it was insignificantly associated with BMI, time of sitting with bending knee (P>0.05), while significantly associated with time of standing (P<0.05). Conclusions: Patellofemoral pain is common among young active medical students in Cairo University with higher prevalence in females than males.

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