NCT01332110

Treatment for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Using Footwear

Treatment for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Using Knee Abduction Moment-Reducing Footwear

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Calgary · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is the most common running injury and is believed to be associated with higher than normal knee joint loading. Footwear has been developed that may decrease these knee loads in healthy subjects, but their effects on patients with PFPS are unknown. In this study, we aim to test the effects of such footwear on patients with PFPS. We hypothesize that patients who receive the footwear intervention will show a decrease in knee joint loading, and consequently will show improvements in subjective levels of perceived knee pain over a period of six weeks compared to a control condition.

Conditions

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Knee abduction moment-reducing footwear	Patients in each study group will be asked to run using their assigned footwear at least 3 times per week (minimum 15 km per week) for six weeks. Each patient will document their perceived knee pain each week throughout the six week intervention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-08-01
• First posted: 2011-04-08
• Last updated: 2014-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada