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The effectiveness of pain neuroscience education in the treatment of recreational marathon runners with chronic running related knee injuries

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Registration Number
PACTR202209718136908
Lead Sponsor
Tyren Naidoo
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria
•Signed informed consent.
•Participants aged 18 to 65 years (Knechtle and Nikolaidis 2018; Larsen et al. 2020).
•Participants who are male or female with symptomatic chronic knee pain (greater than 3 months duration).
•Participants with a weekly training volume between 30 and 80km/week (Rasmussen et al. 2013).
•Participants who had completed 2 or more marathon events within the past 2 years (virtual and non-virtual).
•Participants with a score greater than 40 on the central sensitization inventory scale (CSI) (Mayer et al. 2012).

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria
•Professional and elite marathon runners (Rüst et al. 2011).
•Participants who have had previous total knee replacement or any other lower limb surgery within the past six months of the affected knee, co-existing inflammatory, metabolic or neurologic disease (Messier et al. 2008; Lluch et al. 2018).
•Participants who have contraindications to chiropractic care and PNE.
•Participants who have previously received chiropractic care and/or PNE can require a 3 month wash out period before they can be eligible to enter the study.
•Participation in other pain trials prior (3 months) to recruitment.
•Lack of the ability to adhere to the protocol, cognitive impairment, illiteracy or unable to speak English (Lluch et al. 2018).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measure the difference between manipulation and Pain neuroscience education combined<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measure the difference with manipulation alone.
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