Changes in Quadriceps Function Following Local or Distant Interventions in Individuals With Patellofemoral Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01434966
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to determine if interventions applied at a distant site, lumbopelvic region (manipulation and TENS), have a similar effect as interventions applied locally at the knee (TENS) on quadriceps force output and activation as well as reports of pain during common exercises in individuals with PFPS.
Study details
- Official title
- Changes in Quadriceps Function Following Local or Distant Interventions in Individuals With Patellofemoral Pain
- Conditions
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Chondromalacia Patellae
- Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome
- Interventions
- Other: Lumbopelvic Manipulation
- Other: TENS- Spine
- Other: TENS- Knee
- Sponsor
- Creighton University
- Start date
- 2011-09
- Primary completion
- 2015-07
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 15 Years to 50 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 15-50 years * Insidious onset of patellofemoral pain lasting greater than 1 month in duration * Unilateral or Bilateral knee pain or dysfunction with at least two of the following symptoms: patella compression, squatting, prolonged sitting, going up or down stairs, or isometric quadriceps contraction. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who are outside of age range (to ensure bony maturity while reducing the prevalence of age related degenerative changes and hypomobility.) * Ligamentous insufficiency, meniscus damage, patellar tendonitis, history of subluxation/dislocation * Participants with traumatic spine or lower extremity injury within past 6 months * Participants who have had previous adverse reactions to electrical stimulation (i.e. electrode burns.) * Participants with signs indicating lumbar nerve root compression or upper motor neuron lesions (contraindication for lumbopelvic joint manipulation) * Participants with ankylosing spondylitis (contraindication for lumbopelvic manipulation) * Participants with spinal cord disease or cauda equina (contraindication for lumbopelvic manipulation) * Participants with osteoporosis (contraindication for lumbopelvic joint manipulation) * Participants with rheumatoid arthritis (contraindication to lumbopelvic joint manipulation.) * Participants who may be currently pregnant. (contraindication for electrical stimulation and lumbopelvic joint manipulation.) * Participants who have a demand-type cardiac pacemaker (contraindication for electrical stimulation) * Participants with diagnosis of cancer (current cancer is a contraindication for electrical stimulation and relative contraindication for lumbopelvic joint manipulation) * Participants who are unable to give consent or are unable to understand procedures of experiment.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01434966