Virtual Physical Therapy Support for Runners

NCT ID: NCT05994833

Last Updated: 2026-01-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

85 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-10

Study Completion Date

2030-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study will compare standard of care of home exercise for running rehabilitation to the combined treatment of home exercise with an individually provided four-session virtual physical therapy support program intervention on pain and physical function movements (controlled dual and single leg squat and lateral hopping in individuals post running injury. These collective findings will help provide new evidence of the responses to an individually provided virtual PT interventions among runners.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Musculoskeletal Complication

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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paper-based standard care exercise program

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

VPT

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

VPT

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The VPT will be comprised of weekly virtual visits with the participant for one month. During the visits, the physical therapist will review the exercises that were prescribed, adherence, provide feedback to the participant as they execute the exercises onscreen and make corrections, make any progression or adjustments to the exercises, review running cues they learned from the testing session and answer any questions. The therapist will also review any new activities that are initiated during the previous week (to control for confounders), changes in musculoskeletal pain and participation in running volume.

Interventions

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VPT

The VPT will be comprised of weekly virtual visits with the participant for one month. During the visits, the physical therapist will review the exercises that were prescribed, adherence, provide feedback to the participant as they execute the exercises onscreen and make corrections, make any progression or adjustments to the exercises, review running cues they learned from the testing session and answer any questions. The therapist will also review any new activities that are initiated during the previous week (to control for confounders), changes in musculoskeletal pain and participation in running volume.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age of 18 to 65 years
* Regularly running at least 12 miles a week prior to development of musculoskeletal complaint.
* Free of surgical history of surgery to either lower limb
* No history of major bony injury to the lower limb such as traumatic fracture, within the past 12 months
* Presence of chronic lower body running related injuries (e.g., patellofemoral pain, IT band syndrome, Achilles tendinitis, chronic lower back pain after running)
* Body mass index (BMI) \<=35 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women
* \< 18 or 65 years
* BMI \>35 kg/m2
* Mental disablement (down's syndrome or dementia)
* Any persons incarcerated, on parole, on probation, or awaiting trial.
* Individuals with neurologic or degenerative musculoskeletal disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophy, or Parkinson's disease.
* Current acute running related or sport related injury (e.g., ankle sprain, hip labral tear, ACL strain during an event or run)
* Individuals with a history of strong risk factors for poor fracture healing, such as uncontrolled diabetes, chemotherapy, end-stage organ disease, dialysis or smoking
* Unwilling to forgo your potential in-person therapy visits for a month after enrollment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sharareh Sharififar, PhD, PT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Florida

Locations

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University of Florida College of medicine- Dept of PM&R

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Sharareh PhD, PT

Role: CONTACT

3522738453

Facility Contacts

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Sharareh Sharififar, PhD, PT

Role: primary

352-273-8453

Other Identifiers

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IRB202301005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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