Relationship Between Constitutional Varus Knee and Patellofemoral Pain

NCT03450824 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: 113YY-LUNLI-2018002
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 21
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to research on the relationship between constitutional varus knee and patellofemoral pain. The standardized standing whole-lower-extremity radiographs, the knee lateral view and skyline view of the participants will be taken. The hip-knee-ankle angle will be obtained from the radiographs. According to the hip-knee-ankle angle, the knees will be labelled knee varus or knee nonvarus. The knee varus incidences of the two groups will be determined and compared.

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Keywords

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome; Anterior Knee Pain; Knee Varus

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The hip-knee-ankle angle

  The HKA angle was determined by measuring the angle between the mechanical axis of the femur and the mechanical axis of the tibia.

  1 day

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Patellar alignment

  1 day

• The width of of the patellofemoral joint space

  1 day

• Trochlear morphology

  1 day

• Patellar height

  1 day

Study Arms (2)

The study group

The participants with patellofemoral pain.

Other: No intervention

The control group

The participants without patellofemoral pain.

Other: No intervention

Interventions

No intervention OTHER

The standardized standing whole-lower-extremity radiographs, the knee lateral view and skyline view of the participants will be taken.

The control group; The study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Military personnel. Running at least 10 km per week for at least 3 months.

You may qualify if:

• Patellofemoral pain during physical activities such as running, jumping, squatting, and going up or down stairs for at least 4 weeks.
• The onset of pain is required to be atraumatic in nature.
• Exhibit two of the following clinical criteria on assessment: pain on direct compression of the patella against the femoral condyles with the knee in full extension, tenderness of the posterior surface of the patell on palpation, pain on resisted knee extension, and pain with isometric quadriceps muscle contraction against suprapatellar resistance with the knee in 15° of flexion.
• Negative findings in the examination of knee ligaments, menisci, bursae, synovial plicae, Hoffa's fat pad, iliotibial band, and the hamstring, quadriceps, and patellar tendons and their insertions.

You may not qualify if:

• With patellofemoral instability, or With other knee diagnoses.
• Any previous surgery or severe trauma in the affected limb.
• Inflammatory joint disease or tumors in the affected limb.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• 113th Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army: lead
• Air Force Military Medical University, China: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Orthopaedics clinic, No.113 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army

Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315040, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Officials

• Qingsheng Zhu, MD

  Department of orthopaedics, Xijing hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 23, 2018
• First Posted: March 1, 2018
• Study Start: March 23, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2023
• Study Completion: June 15, 2023
• Last Updated: July 3, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Locations

CN (1)