Status:
COMPLETED
Early Intervention for Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Lead Sponsor:
Mogens Berg Laursen
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Southern Denmark
Aarhus University Hospital
Conditions:
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-19 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Self-reported, unspecific knee pain is highly prevalent among adolescents. A large proportion of the unspecific knee pain can be attributed to Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS). There are a number o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 15-19 years
- Insidious onset of anterior knee or retropatellar pain of greater than six weeks' duration
- Provoked by at least two of prolonged sitting or kneeling, squatting, running, hopping, or stair walking
- Tenderness on palpation of the patella, or pain with step down or double leg squat
- Worst pain over the previous week of at least 30 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue scale.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Concomitant injury or pain from the hip, lumbar spine, or other knee structures
- Previous knee surgery
- Patellofemoral instability
- Knee joint effusion
- Use of physiotherapy for treating knee pain within the previous year
- Use of weekly use anti-inflammatory drugs.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
102 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01438762
Start Date
June 1 2011
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
March 24 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Orthopaedic Surgery Research Unit, Aalborg Hospital
Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark, 9000