World Health Organization site
Skip Navigation Links

Main
Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register.
Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 28 November 2016
Main ID:  NCT02674841
Date of registration: 01/02/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Aalborg University
Public title: Live Feedback to Increase Adherence in Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain
Scientific title: Efficacy of Live Feedback to Increase Objectively Monitored Adherence to Prescribed, Home-based, Exercise Therapy-dosage in 15 to 19 Year Old Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain. A Randomized Controlled Superiority Trial
Date of first enrolment: February 2016
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02674841
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Michael S Rathleff, Ph.d.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Aalborg University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 15 to 19 years of age

- Anterior knee pain of non-traumatic origin which is provoked by at least two of the
following activities: prolonged sitting with bended knees or kneeling, squatting,
running, jumping or ascending or descending stairs

- Tenderness on palpation of the peripatellar borders

- Pain of more than 6 weeks duration

- Worst pain during the previous week = 30 mm on a 100 mm VAS

Exclusion Criteria:

- Concomitant pain from other structures in the knee (e.g. ligament, tendon or
cartilage), the hip or the lumbar spine

- Previous knee surgery

- Patellofemoral instability



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: 19 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Other: No feedback on TUT
Other: Feedback on TUT
Other: Exercise
Primary Outcome(s)
Mean deviation from the prescribed TUT per repetition in seconds during the course of the intervention [Time Frame: From 0-6 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Global rating of change [Time Frame: At the 6 week follow up]
Kujala Patellofemoral Scale-score [Time Frame: At baseline and at the 6 week follow up]
Isometric strength [Time Frame: At baseline and at the 6 week follow up]
Summary of resistance [Time Frame: From 0-6 weeks]
Pulling force exerted per repetition measured in kilos [Time Frame: From 0-6 weeks]
Pain measured on a 100 mm VAS [Time Frame: From 0-6 weeks]
The total number of repetitions performed [Time Frame: From 0-6 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
N-20150070
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL:
Disclaimer: Trials posted on this search portal are not endorsed by WHO, but are provided as a service to our users. In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for any damages arising from the use of the information linked to in this section. None of the information obtained through use of the search portal should in any way be used in clinical care without consulting a physician or licensed health professional. WHO is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness and/or use made of the content displayed for any trial record.
Copyright - World Health Organization - Version 3.6 - Version history