Core Stabilization for the Treatment of Anterior Knee Pain
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Chronic Pain |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 13 - 20 |
| Updated: | 1/25/2017 |
| Start Date: | April 2014 |
| End Date: | June 2019 |
| Contact: | Ken Learman, PhD, PT |
| Email: | klearman@ysu.edu |
| Phone: | 330.941.7125 |
The Effects of a Trunk Strengthening Program on Anterior Knee Pain in an Adolescent Athletic Population: a Randomized Clinical Trial
The investigators hypothesize that the use of trunk (core) stabilization exercises early in
treatment combined with lower extremity exercises will enhance the outcome over lower
extremity exercises alone in the treatment of young athletes with anterior knee pain.
treatment combined with lower extremity exercises will enhance the outcome over lower
extremity exercises alone in the treatment of young athletes with anterior knee pain.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects between 13-20 years of age clinically diagnosed with anterior knee pain.
- Pain should be peripatellar and should include at least 3 of the following:
1. experienced during or after activity
2. prolonged sitting
3. with stair climbing or descending
4. squatting
5. kneeling.
- The subject should be active for at least 30 minutes per day.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous knee surgery
- Signs and symptoms of a specific structural diagnosis not consistent with AKP such as
meniscal, ACL, PCL, or collateral ligament tears, pain referral from hip or lumbar
spine (determined during examination), traumatic patellar dislocation, an inability
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