Immediate improvement in symptoms with the use of a foot pad in runners with knee pain is associated with changes in lower limb movement

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chondromalacia Patellae; C05.550.700

• Registration Number: RBR-3w739vq
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-08-11
• Last Update Posted: 22 August 2023
• Study Completion: 2023-10-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Having previous experience in running, on an ergometric treadmill and running at least 10 km per week for at least 3 months; have a running pattern with rearfoot landing; age between 18 and 45 years; both genders; anterior or peripatellar pain during running and in two or more of the following activities: going up/down stairs, squatting, kneeling, jumping, and after sitting for long periods; insidious onset of symptoms unrelated to a traumatic incident and persisting for at least three months during running activity; usual pain in the last week of at least 3/10 on the - Visual Analog Pain Scale; and excessive subtalar pronation during running, determined through the two-dimensional analysis proposed by Pipkin et al 2016

Exclusion Criteria

Have used a foot orthosis or undergone physiotherapeutic treatment for PFP in the last 12 months; having meniscal or intra-articular injuries; have previous ligament injuries in the knee joint; have ligament laxity; having Osgood-Schlatter or Sinding Larsen-Johansson syndrome; present pain or current injury in the lumbar spine, hip or ankle; presenting patellar instability; presenting evidence of knee joint effusion; have a history of lower limb surgery; have reported cardiovascular alterations or present neurological impairment with influence on gait

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference in the angles of movement of the hindfoot, tibia and femur in the frontal plane and the angles of the tibia and femur in the transverse plane.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences in pain intensity immediately after each of the interventions, using the Visual Analog Pain Scale;Differences in the perception of improvement evaluated immediately after each of the interventions performed, using the Global Rating of Change (GCR)