Conservative treatment for iliotibial band syndrome: Are we facing a research gap? A scoping review of 98 studies with clinical perspectives.

Autor: Nguyen AP; Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Neuromusculoskeletal Lab, avenue mounier 53, 1200, Brussels, Belgium; The Running Clinic, lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: Anhphong.nguyen@uclouvain.be., Detrembleur C; Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Neuromusculoskeletal Lab, avenue mounier 53, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: christine.detrembleur@uclouvain.be., Van Cant J; The Running Clinic, lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada; Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences de la motricité, Unité de Recherche en Sciences de la Réadaptation, route de Lennik 808, 1070, Bruxelles, Belgium. Electronic address: joachim.van.vant@ulb.be.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine [Phys Ther Sport] 2023 Jul; Vol. 62, pp. 25-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 30.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.05.002
Abstrakt: Objectives: To identify which treatment modalities are described in the literature for the conservative management of ITBS (1) and to identify research gap (2).
Databases: The following electronic databases were searched: MEDLINE/Pubmed, Embase, Scopus and Cochrane Library.
Eligibility Criteria: The included studies had to report at least one conservative treatment on a human population suffering from ITBS.
Results: 98 studies reached the included criteria and seven categories of treatment were identified, i.e., stretching, adjuvants, physical modalities, injections, strengthening, manual techniques and education. Only 32 studies were designed as original clinical studies within which only 7 were randomized controlled trials, while 66 were review studies. Education, injections and medications as well as stretching were the most cited therapies. However, there was a clear discrepancy design. For example, stretching modalities were reported in 31% and 78% for clinical and review studies, respectively.
Conclusions: There is an objective research gap in the literature concerning conservative ITBS management. The recommendations are mostly based on expert opinions and review article. More high-quality research studies should be performed for enhancing the ITBS conservative management understanding.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None declared
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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