Recruiting

Core Stabilization

Sponsor:

Youngstown State University

Code:

NCT02123602

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 13 - 20

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

core stabilization

lower extremity training only

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Study ID

NCT02123602

Start date

Apr, 2014

Status verified date

Jan, 2017

Completion date

Jun, 2019

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2018

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 13 - 20

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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:

1. experienced during or after activity
2. prolonged sitting
3. with stair climbing or descending
4. squatting
5. kneeling.
  • The subject should be active for at least 30 minutes per day.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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.

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: 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.

active comparator: Lower extremity training only

This arm with receive 6 weeks of impairment based stretching and strengthening to restore function.

Interventions

core stabilization

lower extremity training only

Primary outcome measure

  • Lower extremity functional scale [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ken Learman, PhD, PT

330.941.7125klearman@ysu.edu

Michael Morris, DPT

330.707.9064mjmorris107@yahoo.com

Locations

Poland Medical Center

Recruiting

Poland, Ohio, United States, 44514

Contacts

Michael Morris, DPT

330-757-7888

More Information

Sponsor

Youngstown State University

Last update posted

Jan 24, 2017

Last verified

Jan, 2017

Keywords

  • patellofemoral pain syndrome
  • abdominal muscles

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Youngstown State University on 2017-01-24.