Early intervention for adolescents with patellofemoral pain syndrome--a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-reported knee pain is highly prevalent among adolescents. As much as 50% of the non-specific knee pain may be attributed to Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS). In the short term, exercise therapy appears to have a better effect than patient education consisting of written information and general advice on exercise or compared with placebo treatment. But the long-term effect of exercise therapy compared with patient education is conflicting. The purpose of this study is to examine the short- and long-term effectiveness of patient education compared with patient education and multimodal physiotherapy applied at a very early stage of the condition among adolescents.

Methods/design

This study is a single blind pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. Four

SUBMITTER: Rathleff MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328242 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature