NCT03101956

Lumbar Manipulation for Hip and Muscle Strength

Spinal Manipulation for Improving Hip and Knee Muscle Strength in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial is to investigate the immediate effects of spinal manipulation on hip and knee muscle strength and pain-free deep squat range of motion in order to answer several conceptual and practical research questions

Detailed description

This prospective, double-blind, randomized control trial clinical will use a multigroup pretest-posttest control design with 1 treatment arm and 1 control arm. Interpreted within the biopsychosocial model and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework, this research will measure the outcomes between patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), the health condition, and contextual factors, particularly personal factors. It will address personal factors such as gender and age but will not address environmental factors. This research includes tests and measures of two of the three levels of human functioning, or domains, impairments to body functions and structures and activity limitations. Muscle strength testing is an impairment-level measure and pain-free deep squat range of morion (ROM) is an activity limitation-level measure.

Conditions

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lumbar Spine Manipulation	• The subject will be placed in sidelying on a treatment table. Facing the subject, the therapist will position the subject's superior thigh in flexion and rotate the subject's upper trunk to the opposite side. The therapist will place his cephalad forearm along the subject's superior lateral trunk and the caudal forearm along the subject's iliac crest and lateral hip. Lastly, the therapist will roll the subject towards himself or herself.
PROCEDURE	Lumbar Spine Manipulation Placebo	The subject will be placed in sidelying on a treatment table. Facing the subject, the therapist will position both hips and knees in approximately 45° of flexion. The therapist will place his or her cephalad forearm along the subject's superior lateral trunk and the caudal forearm along the subject's iliac crest and lateral hip. Lastly, the therapist will roll the subject towards himself or herself.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-21
• Completion: 2019-06-21
• First posted: 2017-04-05
• Last updated: 2020-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States