A Study to Compare the Effectiveness of Active Stretching Exercises with Cryotherapy versus Passive Stretching Exercises with Cryotherapy in Itband Friction Syndrome with Adults

Iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS) is an inflammatory non - traumatic repetitive strain injury caused due to friction of the Iliotibial band over the lateral femoral epicondylar (LFE) prominence. It is commonly seen in male than female in the age group of 16 - 30 years. For the study 30 male athletics between the age group 16 - 30 years were recruited. The subjects were screened for eligibility to participate in the study and regarding the study. The subjects were explained the purpose of the study and their role in the study. Group A divided into 15 subjects who received Active stretching exercise with cryotherapy. Group B divided into 15 subjects who received passive stretching exercise with cryotherapy. Study Duration: 6 weeks, weekly 3 days, 2 sections. The intra - group analysis showed that both Treatment A and Treatment B are significantly effective in reducing the values of VAS (Right and Left) and increasing the values of BBS (Right and Left). However, the inter - group analysis compared the two treatment groups in terms of changes in all the four outcome measures and the corresponding result showed that Treatment B is significantly effective than Treatment A in terms of mean increase in BERG BALANCE SCALE (BBS), while there is no significant difference between two treatment group in terms of mean reduction in VAS (right and left). Hence, we conclude that Treatment B is effective than Treatment A in terms of improvement in BBS score (right and left) in ITBAND FRICTION SYNDROME with adults.