Core Stabilization for the Treatment of Anterior Knee Pain

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02123602

Run by

Youngstown State University

People needed

50

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-24

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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
• squatting
• kneeling.
• The subject should be active for at least 30 minutes per day.

You may not qualify if…

• 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.

Where it is running

• Poland Medical Center — Poland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)

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