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Background and Aim: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome is one of the most common musculoskeletal   problems in the elderly that Can affect their daily activity. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a period strengthening core stabilization exercise with the Knee strengthening exercises on improving pain in female athletes with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.   Materials and Methods: In this study, 20 female athlete with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome participated. they were accidentally divided into two groups: strengthening core stabilization exercise (10 people( and strengthening knee exercise (10 people). Patients' pain was measured before and after eight weeks of practice interventions by visual analog scale. Paired t-test and independent t-test were used at the significant level of (P&lt;0.05) was used to analyze the results. Ethical consideration: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Bu Ali Sina University Hamwdan with code: IR.BASU.REC.1398.032. Findings: The results showed that the pain level in both groups decreased significantly after strengthening core stabilization exercises (P=0.006) and the Knee strengthening exercises (P=0.000). Although intergroup comparison did not show a significant difference in the results (P̀=0.064), the calculation of the effect showed a greater effect of strengthening knee exercise )ES=1.8) on the improvement of pain compared to the strengthening core stabilization group (ES=0.7).  Conclusion:  The results showed that knee strengthening exercises and strengthening core stabilization exercise reduced the pain. But due to the higher effectiveness of knee strengthening exercises on the improvement of pain, it is recommended to use this protocol to reduce the pain of these patients.

majallah-i dānishgāh-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i arāk/majallah-i ̒ilmī-pizhūhishī-i dānishgāh-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī va khadamāt-i bihdāshtī darmānī-i arāk

The Effect of Strengthing Core Stabilization Training and the Knee Strengthening Training on Improving Pain in Older Women Athletes with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome