None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Recent research indicates that shoe inserts are effective in treating some individuals with knee pain. However, not all individuals benefit from shoe inserts and research to determine who is most likely to benefit is limited. Therefore, this study is aiming to identify predictors of individuals with knee pain most likely to benefit from shoe inserts.
Interventions
Each participant will be prescribed a pair of prefabricated foot orthoses. They will be required to wear them as often as possible for a period of 12 weeks
Sponsors
Musculoskeletal Research Centre
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Aged 18 – 35 years old 2. Insidious onset of peripatellar or retropatellar knee pain of at least 6 weeks duration 3. Worst pain in the previous week of at least 30 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue scale 4. Pain provoked by at least two activities from running, walking, hopping, squatting, stair negotiation, kneeling, or prolonged sitting 5. Pain elicited by patellar palpation, patellofemoral joint (PFJ) compression or resisted isometric quadriceps contraction
Exclusion criteria
1. Use of foot orthoses in the previous five years 2. Physiotherapy treatment in the previous six months 3. Current use of anti-inflammatory medications 4. Concomitant injury or pain arising from the lumbar spine or hip 5. Knee internal derangement 6. Knee ligament insufficiency 7. Previous knee surgery 8. PFJ instability; or patellar tendinopathy.
Outcome results
None listed