Core Stabilization for the Treatment of Anterior Knee Pain

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: lower extremity training only; Other: core stabilization

• Registration Number: NCT02123602
• Lead Sponsor: Youngstown State University

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesize that the use of trunk (core) stabilization exercises early in treatment combined with lower extremity exercises will enhance the outcome over lower extremity exercises alone in the treatment of young athletes with anterior knee pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-04
• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-24
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-25
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-24
• Primary Completion: 2018-07
• Study Completion: 2019-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects between 13-20 years of age clinically diagnosed with anterior knee pain.

• Pain should be peripatellar and should include at least 3 of the following:

  1. experienced during or after activity
  2. prolonged sitting
  3. with stair climbing or descending
  4. squatting
  5. kneeling.

• The subject should be active for at least 30 minutes per day.

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous knee surgery
• Signs and symptoms of a specific structural diagnosis not consistent with AKP such as meniscal, ACL, PCL, or collateral ligament tears, pain referral from hip or lumbar spine (determined during examination), traumatic patellar dislocation, an inability to adequately understand or communicate in English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Lower extremity training only	lower extremity training only	This arm with receive 6 weeks of impairment based stretching and strengthening to restore function.
Core stabilization	core stabilization	This arm will receive 3 weeks of core stabilization training followed by 3 weeks of lower extremity stretching and strengthening as appropriate to address impairments noted in the examination and to progress function.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Lower extremity functional scale	6 weeks	LEFS is a functional scale that estimates how much the subject's function is disrupted by their condition.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Numeric pain rating scale	6 weeks	The NPRS measures the subject's current knee pain
Kujala anterior knee pain scale	6 weeks	The Kujala scale measures the amount and impact of anterior knee pain on the subject's life
Patient specific functional scale	6 weeks	The PSFS rates subject's ability to do the 3 functional activities that are bothered the most by the knee pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Poland Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Poland, Ohio, United States