Mobile-Based Telerehabilitation With Sensors for Adherence and Efficacy in Chronic Patellofemoral Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CompletedNot applicableNCT06651996
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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 study is a prospective, single-center trial involving 174 patients diagnosed with patellofemoral pain. The study adhered to ethical guidelines and obtained informed consent from all participants. Participants were randomly assigned to receive face-to-face remote rehabilitation guidance either 1 time, 3 times, or 6 times. The primary outcome was device-recorded training adherence, defined as cumulative total training time (hours) and mean weekly training time (hours/week) over the first 6 weeks of independent home-based telerehabilitation.Self-reported adherence was measured using the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS) at week 6 (i.e., 6 weeks after the participant completed their final face-to-face tutorial).ain intensity during daily activities and squatting at 60° was measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS; 0-10);7 quadriceps muscle strength (concentric and eccentric peak torque) was evaluated using isokinetic dynamometry; knee function was assessed with the Kujala Patellofemoral Score (0-100); fatigue was measured using the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS; 9 items, 7 points each). Additionally, a closed-ended adherence survey captured participant perceptions of factors influencing adherence
Study details
- Official title
- Mobile-Based Telerehabilitation With Sensors for Adherence and Efficacy in Chronic Patellofemoral Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Patellofemoral Pain
- Interventions
- Device: one session of face-to-face telerehabilitation tutorial (OST)
- Device: Three session of face-to-face telerehabilitation tutorials (TST)
- Device: Six session of face-to-face telerehabilitation tutorials (SST)
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
- Start date
- 2025-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-05-31
- Sex
- All
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- China
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * (1) Anterior knee pain or retro-patellar pain caused by at least two of the following activities: prolonged sitting with knee flexion, bilateral squatting, ascending and descending stairs, kneeling, running, and jumping; * (2) presence of one of the following signs: patellar tenderness, friction pain, or twitching pain, positive single-leg squat test, or positive knee extension resistance test; * (3) knee pain lasting more than 3 months; * (4) knee pain score greater than 3 out of 10 on the VAS; * (5) unilateral pain and symptoms. Exclusion Criteria: * (1) acute injury of the knee ligaments, joint capsule, bursa or meniscus; * (2) knee extension or flexion contracture deformity, thus being unable to perform normal lower limb flexion and extension; * (3) patellofemoral joint dislocation or subluxation; * (4) any traumatic, inflammatory or infectious disease of the lower limbs; * (5) a history of knee surgery; * (6) a history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, tumors; * (7) spinal cord or neurological injury.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06651996