The effectiveness of foot orthoses for knee pai
- Conditions
- Patellofemoral pain (knee pain)Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000391077
- Lead Sponsor
- Musculoskeletal Research Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
1. Aged 18 – 35 years old
2. Insidious onset of peripatellar or retropatellar knee pain of at least 6 weeks duration
3. Worst pain in the previous week of at least 30 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue scale
4. Pain provoked by at least two activities from running, walking, hopping, squatting, stair negotiation, kneeling, or prolonged sitting
5. Pain elicited by patellar palpation, patellofemoral joint (PFJ) compression or resisted isometric quadriceps contraction
1. Use of foot orthoses in the previous five years
2. Physiotherapy treatment in the previous six months
3. Current use of anti-inflammatory medications
4. Concomitant injury or pain arising from the lumbar spine or hip
5. Knee internal derangement
6. Knee ligament insufficiency
7. Previous knee surgery
8. PFJ instability; or patellar tendinopathy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method