Maladaptive Psychosocial Beliefs and Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04752501
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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)
This is a randomized prospective study assessing the impact of psychosocial factors on pain and physical performance among adolescents with patellofemoral pain. A set of psychosocial surveys assessing fear avoidance beliefs, kinesiophobia, and pain catastrophizing will be completed by the participant/parents. Participants will then complete an activity questionnaire, numeric pain rating scale, and a self-report questionnaire of functional ability. Participants will then be randomized into one of two groups (psychologically informed education group and a control group). Participants will view a series of educational videos (based upon group assignment) and complete physical therapy exercises for lower extremity strengthening, flexibility, and neuromuscular control. Participants with patellofemoral pain will then complete follow-up surveys of their psychosocial beliefs, pain and self-reported functional ability through REDcap at immediately post-intervention, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 3 months.
Study details
- Official title
- Maladaptive Psychosocial Beliefs and Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain
- Conditions
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Knee Pain Chronic
- Patellofemoral Syndrome
- Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome
- Interventions
- Other: Psychologically Informed Education
- Other: Biomedical Education (Control)
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Start date
- 2021-03-08
- Primary completion
- 2022-08-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 12 Years to 18 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: • Having patellofemoral pain as defined as: Pain around or behind the patella, which is aggravated by at least one activity that loads the patellofemoral joint during weight bearing on a flexed knee (e.g., squatting, stair ambulation, jogging/running, hopping/jumping). Exclusion Criteria: * Prior history of patellar dislocation. * Suspicion of other diagnosis of the knee by evaluating physical therapist or principal investigator. * Other concomitant injury of the leg. * Prior history of knee surgery. * Red flags present for non-musculoskeletal involvement (bowel/bladder problems, saddle anesthesia, progressive neurological deficits, recent fever or infection, unexplained weight loss, unable to change symptoms with mechanical testing). * Numbness and tingling in any lumbar dermatome.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04752501