The effects of foot orthoses on lower limb biomechanics in patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis: a pilot study

a Trobe University0 sites26 target enrollmentSeptember 13, 2016

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

September 13, 2016

End Date

October 12, 2016

Last Updated

5 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

a Trobe University

•Volunteers will be included who have a clinical diagnosis of PF OA, based on NICE guidelines (https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg177\). This is to facilitate generalization of findings to clinical practice, without the need for imaging. Inclusion criteria will be based on those used in previous studies of kneecap osteoarthritis : (i) aged 50\-75 years; (ii) anterior or retropatellar knee pain aggravated by PFJ\-loading activities (e.g. stairs, squatting); (iii) pain during these activities on most days in the past month; and (iv) pain severity at least 30mm on a 100mm visual analogue scale (VAS) during aggravating activities.

•(i) Concomitant pain from other knee structures, hip or lumbar spine; (ii) recent treatment for knee pain (e.g. knee injections within the previous 3 months; shoe inserts within the previous 12 months); (iii) any foot condition precluding the use of shoe inserts; (iv) knee or hip arthroplasty/osteotomy; (v) neurological or systemic arthritis conditions; (vi) physical inability, too frail or ill to undertake testing procedures (ascertained via questioning, and if needed clinical examination); (vii) inability to understand written and spoken English.