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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN74560952
ISRCTN74560952
Completed
N/A

Stratification of patellofemoral pain using clinical, biomechanical and imaging features

niversity of Leeds0 sites77 target enrollmentFebruary 6, 2017

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Specialty: Musculoskeletal disorders, Primary sub-specialty: Metabolic Bone Disease
Sponsor
niversity of Leeds
Enrollment
77
Status
Completed
Last Updated
8 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 6, 2017
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
8 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Leeds

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aged 18\-40 years
  • 2\. Reported insidious (non\-traumatic) onset of anterior or retropatellar knee pain
  • 3\. Pain on two or more of the following activities: prolonged sitting, kneeling, squatting, running, patella palpation, hopping, stair walking, stepping down or isometric quadriceps contraction
  • 4\. Peak hip abduction torque values: Females \[18\-29 years] \= 94\.1nm; Females \[30\-39 years] \= 75\.8nm; Males \[18\-29 years] \= 144\.1nm; Males \[30\-39 years] \= 139nm

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Pain referred from hip or lumbar spine
  • 2\. History of previous knee surgery
  • 3\. Presence of inflammatory arthritis
  • 4\. Other diagnosed knee conditions such as, but not restricted to, meniscal pathologies, quadriceps tendon injuries, patella tendinopathy, tibial tubercle apophysitis; bursitis.
  • 5\. Contraindications to MRI which includes: a cardiac pacemaker implanted; pacing wires left in situ after the removal of a cardiac pacemaker; cerebral aneurysm clip in situ; previous intraocular injury involving metal that has not been investigated by an x\-ray previously; implantation of an electromechanical device; pregnancy; implantation of a surgical device which is not documented as safe in a 3 Tesla MR scanner

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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