Clinical Trial: Dosage-dependence of Graded Exercise Therapy in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Dosage-dependence of Graded Exercise Therapy in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Brief Summary: With this study two different therapeutic exercise regimens will be compared in patients with anterior knee pain (patellofemoral pain syndrome, PFPS).

Detailed Summary:

Exercise therapy is widely used in the conservative treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), but there is still no consensus on recommending any specific rehabilitation program.

This study evaluates two different therapeutic exercise regimens in patients with PFPS and their effect on pain at rest and function.

Supervised exercise therapy will be applied in both groups three times a week over a 3-month period with individually tailored and graded exercise programs, differing between groups in terms of number of exercises, number of repetitions and sets, and time spent on performing aerobic exercises.


Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Current Primary Outcome: Pain measured by a Visual analogue scale (VAS). [ Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (after completed intervention at 3 months) and one year follow-up. ]

This scale was illustrated with a 100 mm horizontal line with descriptors "no pain" at the 0 mm mark and "worst pain imaginable" anchoring the 100 mm. Participants were required to place a vertical mark on the horizontal line, representing their average level of pain experienced during the last 24 hours. This was done at rest and provided an illustration of the perceived pain severity, rated in millimetres.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Function measured by a Step-down test and by a modified Functional Index Questionnaire (FIQ). [ Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (at 3 months after completed intervention) and at one year follow-up. ]

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Dates:
Date Received: February 4, 2011
Date Started: November 2007
Date Completion:
Last Updated: February 17, 2016
Last Verified: February 2016