Effect of self knee taping versus therapist knee taping in people with patellofemoral osteoarthritis

Recruiting

• Conditions: Isolated Patellofemoral osteoarthritis or co-existed with tibiofemoral osteoarthritis.; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613001259730
• Lead Sponsor: King Khaled General Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

i) Confirmed diagnosis of Mild to moderate of isolated Patellofemroal or co-existed with tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis; ii) aged at least 35 years at the time of treatment; iii) pain during aggravating activities present on most days during the past month; and v) radiographic OA severity of greater than or equal to 2 on Kellgren and Lawrence grading (Kellgren, 1957).

Exclusion Criteria

i) concomitant pain from hip or lumbar spine; ii) recent knee injections (3 months); iii) planned lower limb surgery in the following 6 months; iv) knee or hip arthroplasty or osteotomy; v) Any history of skin problems prevent application of patellar taping; vii) inability to understand written and spoken Arabic/English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome: Visual Analogue Score (VAS) of knee pain.[VAS <br>Time point: 0 minutes (baseline), 6 weeks post-treatment for arm1 and arm2 groups.<br>];Pain, function and symptom sub-scores of Knee objective outcome score (KOOS) will be collected.[KOOS <br>Time point: 0 minutes (baseline), 6 weeks post-treatment for arm1 and arm2 groups.<br>]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
il.[Nil.]