Adolescent Anterior Knee Pain: ARP Wave Therapy vs. Physical Therapy
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT03225014
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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)
Accelerated Recovery Performance (ARP) Wave therapy is an electromyostimulation therapy designed to enhance neuromuscular control in order to rehabilitate patients with musculoskeletal pathology. The outcomes of this technology have not been assessed under the rigors of clinical science. This prospective randomized crossover study will assess ARP Wave to both shorten duration of therapy and determine other advantages in the treatment of adolescent anterior knee pain. Two cohorts of teenagers will be followed weekly through either physical therapy (PT) or ARP Wave therapy, physiological therapy versus neurological therapy, respectively. Results should highlight the clinical utility of this modality and provide pilot data for future study.
Study details
- Official title
- A Pilot Study in the Management of Adolescent Anterior Knee Pain: Electromyostimulation Compared to Standard Physical Therapy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Accelerated Recovery Performance Wave Therapy
- Diagnostic test: Physical therapy
- Sponsor
- Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
- Collaborators
- STACK Velocity San Diego
- Start date
- 2017-01-09
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 12 Years to 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- 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: * Osgood-Schlatter disease, Sindig-Larsen-Johanssen syndrome, patellofemoral syndrome, symptomatic medial plicae, and Hoffa fat pad syndrome/impingement Exclusion Criteria: * Previous knee surgery * History of hemarthrosis * Previous physical therapy (PT) * Diagnosis of ligament, meniscal, cartilage, or tendon injury.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03225014