Virtual Physical Therapy Support for Runners
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Complication
- Interventions
- Behavioral: VPT
- Registration Number
- NCT05994833
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Florida
- Brief Summary
This study will compare standard of care of home exercise for running rehabilitation to the combined treatment of home exercise with an individually provided four-session virtual physical therapy support program intervention on pain and physical function movements (controlled dual and single leg squat and lateral hopping in individuals post running injury. These collective findings will help provide new evidence of the responses to an individually provided virtual PT interventions among runners.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 85
- Age of 18 to 65 years
- Regularly running at least 12 miles a week prior to development of musculoskeletal complaint.
- Free of surgical history of surgery to either lower limb
- No history of major bony injury to the lower limb such as traumatic fracture, within the past 12 months
- Presence of chronic lower body running related injuries (e.g., patellofemoral pain, IT band syndrome, Achilles tendinitis, chronic lower back pain after running)
- Body mass index (BMI) <=35 kg/m2
- Pregnant women
- < 18 or 65 years
- BMI >35 kg/m2
- Mental disablement (down's syndrome or dementia)
- Any persons incarcerated, on parole, on probation, or awaiting trial.
- Individuals with neurologic or degenerative musculoskeletal disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophy, or Parkinson's disease.
- Current acute running related or sport related injury (e.g., ankle sprain, hip labral tear, ACL strain during an event or run)
- Individuals with a history of strong risk factors for poor fracture healing, such as uncontrolled diabetes, chemotherapy, end-stage organ disease, dialysis or smoking
- Unwilling to forgo your potential in-person therapy visits for a month after enrollment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description VPT VPT -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline numerical rating scale for pain (NRSpain) at 4 weeks Visits 6; one month post enrollment A numerical rating scale for pain (NRSpain) will be used to assess changes in lower body related musculoskeletal pain at rest (now, average over the last week) and during weight bearing activity (like walking) on a range of lowest score of 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
Change from baseline numerical rating scale for pain (NRSpain) at 6 months Visits 7; six months post enrollment A numerical rating scale for pain (NRSpain) will be used to assess changes in lower body related musculoskeletal pain at rest (now, average over the last week) and during weight bearing activity (like walking) on a range of lowest score of 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline displacement in forward-backward direction during 20 sec of static standing position at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment A markerless motion system will be used. Cameras will be used to collect the backward-forward displacement during 20 sec of static standing on both legs will be analyzed for ability to control static balance.
Change from baseline squat quality on single leg (using dominant leg) at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment Squat performance on the single leg (using dominant leg) will be scored on a range of scale 1 (best performance) to 3 (worst performance)
Change from baseline squat quality on the dual leg at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment Squat performance on the dual leg will be scored on a range of scale 1 (best performance) to 3 (worst performance)
Change from baseline standing stork quality (using dominant leg) at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment Balance performance on the standing stork will be scored on the ranges of excellent to poor scale compared to the normative data published for males/females (Schell \& Leelarthaepin 1994)
Change from baseline squat quality on single leg (using dominant leg) at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment Squat performance on the single leg (using dominant leg) will be scored on a range of scale 1 (best performance) to 3 (worst performance)
Change from baseline standing stork quality (using dominant leg) at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment Balance performance on the standing stork will be scored on the ranges of excellent to poor scale compared to the normative data published for males/females (Schell \& Leelarthaepin 1994)
Change from baseline displacement in forward-backward direction during 20 sec of static standing position at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment A markerless motion system will be used. Cameras will be used to collect the backward-forward displacement during 20 sec of static standing on both legs will be analyzed for ability to control static balance.
Change from baseline displacement of the center of gravity in vertical direction at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment Spatiotemporal parameters are analyzed (i.e. center of gravity vertical displacement measured in centimeters)
Change from baseline displacement of the body in vertical direction at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment Spatiotemporal parameters are analyzed (i.e. center of gravity vertical displacement measured in centimeters)
Change from baseline displacement between strides at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment Spatiotemporal parameters are analyzed (i.e. stride width measured in centimeters)
Change from baseline displacement between strides at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment Spatiotemporal parameters are analyzed (i.e. stride width measured in centimeters)
Change from baseline squat quality on the dual leg at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment Squat performance on the dual leg will be scored on a range of scale 1 (best performance) to 3 (worst performance)
Change from baseline hopping quality (using dominant leg) at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment Quality performance on the hopping three times (using dominant leg) and land on the same limb as far as possible will be scored based on the distance hopped, measured at the level of the great toe on a range of scale 1 (best performance) to 3 (worst performance)
Change from baseline gait speed at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment Spatiotemporal parameters are analyzed \[i.e. gait speed (meters/sec), cadence (steps/minute)\]
Change from baseline gait speed at 6 months visit 7; six months post enrollment Spatiotemporal parameters are analyzed \[i.e. gait speed (meters/sec), cadence (steps/minute)\]
Change from baseline hopping quality (using dominant leg) at 4 weeks visit 6; one month post enrollment Quality performance on the hopping three times (using dominant leg) and land on the same limb as far as possible will be scored based on the distance hopped, measured at the level of the great toe on a range of scale 1 (best performance) to 3 (worst performance)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Florida College of medicine- Dept of PM&R
🇺🇸Gainesville, Florida, United States