Altering Knee Abduction Angular Impulse Using Wedged Insoles for Treatment of Patellofemoral Pain in Runners: A Six-Week Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Determine if a change in internal knee abduction angular impulse (KAAI) is related to pain reduction for runners with patellofemoral pain (PFP) by comparing lateral and medial wedge insole interventions, and increased KAAI and decreased KAAI groups.

Design

Randomized controlled clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov ID# NCT01332110).

Setting

Biomechanics laboratory and community.

Patients

Thirty-six runners with physician-diagnosed PFP enrolled in the trial, and 27 were analyzed.

Interventions

Runners with PFP were randomly assigned to either an experimental 3 mm lateral wedge or control 6 mm medial wedge group. Participants completed a biomechanical gait analysis to quantify KAAIs with their assigned insole, and then used their assigned insole for

SUBMITTER: Lewinson RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521888 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature