The Effects of a Trunk Strengthening Program on Anterior Knee Pain in an Adolescent Athletic Population: a Randomized Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Lower extremity functional scale
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators hypothesize that the use of trunk (core) stabilization exercises early in treatment combined with lower extremity exercises will enhance the outcome over lower extremity exercises alone in the treatment of young athletes with anterior knee pain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 20 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Subjects between 13-20 years of age clinically diagnosed with anterior knee pain.
- •Pain should be peripatellar and should include at least 3 of the following:
- •experienced during or after activity
- •prolonged sitting
- •with stair climbing or descending
- •The subject should be active for at least 30 minutes per day.
排除标准
- •Previous knee surgery
- •Signs and symptoms of a specific structural diagnosis not consistent with AKP such as meniscal, ACL, PCL, or collateral ligament tears, pain referral from hip or lumbar spine (determined during examination), traumatic patellar dislocation, an inability to adequately understand or communicate in English.
研究组 & 干预措施
Core stabilization
This arm will receive 3 weeks of core stabilization training followed by 3 weeks of lower extremity stretching and strengthening as appropriate to address impairments noted in the examination and to progress function.
干预措施: core stabilization (Other)
Lower extremity training only
This arm with receive 6 weeks of impairment based stretching and strengthening to restore function.
干预措施: lower extremity training only (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Lower extremity functional scale
时间窗: 6 weeks
LEFS is a functional scale that estimates how much the subject's function is disrupted by their condition.
次要结局
- Kujala anterior knee pain scale(6 weeks)
- Numeric pain rating scale(6 weeks)
- Patient specific functional scale(6 weeks)
研究者
Kenneth Learman
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Youngstown State University