Patellofemoral pain syndrome: long term follow-up outcomes of a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- knee complaints10023213
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 131
At baseline, patients with patellofemoral painsyndrome (the presence of at least three of the following symptoms: pain when walking up or down stairs; pain when squatting; pain when running; pain when cycling; pain when sitting with knees flexed for a prolonged period of time; grinding of the patella; and a positive clinical patellar test (such as Clarke*s test or patellar femoral grinding test)) were included. All patients that had participated in the randomised clinical trail will be included in the follow-up study. These patients will be 18 years and older at the 6-year follow-up study.
At baseline, patients were excluded if they had knee osteoarthritis, patellar tendinopathy, Osgood-Schlatter disease, or other defined pathological conditions of the knee, or had previous knee injuries or surgery. Patients who have indicated in the past that they wish not longer to participate in the
study will be excluded in this 6 year follow-up study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary outcomes are recovery (7-point Likert scale), semi-quantative features<br /><br>of the patellofemoral joint. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Pain, function, medical consumption, sport activity. </p><br>