Running Study for Runners With Chronic Knee Pain

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

21 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-11-30

Study Completion Date

2015-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether changing foot strike pattern from a rearfoot strike to a forefoot strike reduces chronic running-related knee pain. It is believed that switching foot strike pattern from a rearfoot strike to a forefoot strike pattern will reduce associated running-related patellofemoral knee pain.

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Detailed Description

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Runners will come to the Gait Analysis Lab on north campus of the University of New Mexico, HSSB 168, for the first running trial. During this time you will fill out a health questionnaire, receive an assessment by a physical therapist, and be given a new pair of running shoes to use for the duration of the study.

Runners will be equipped with several reflective markers, which will be placed on your lower body. Runners will then complete several passes across a runway while we record your running with a motion analysis system. Runners will be equipped with a mouthpiece and nose clip. You will run for 10 minutes while we collect the gases you breathe.Twenty-four hours after you complete this running trial, you will come to our Exercise Physiology lab in Johnson Center, B143 to perform the training sessions. During this time you will run for about 10-30 minutes in front of a mirror and receive feedback from the research team. You will perform these training sessions eight times over two weeks. Twenty-four hours after your last training session, you will perform another follow-up running trial, which will be the same as the first trial. After completing the second running trial, you will be allowed to return to your normal running routine for about one month. After one month, you will return to the Gait Analysis lab to perform a final running trial, which will be the same as the first and second running trials.

Conditions

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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental

Runners are switched from a rearfoot strike running pattern to a forefoot strike running pattern.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Runners continue to use their normal rearfoot strike running pattern with no intervention in place.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Experimental

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Presence of patellofemoral pain
2. No history of any cardiovascular issues.
3. Currently running as part of training program

Exclusion Criteria

1. No patellofemoral pain present.
2. Not currently running as part of training program
3. Other lower extremity pain and/or injury that interferes with ability to run.
4. Pregnant
5. Not in the selected age ranges
6. Presence of cardiovascular or cardiopulmonary diseases

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

44 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No