Yoga for Adolescent Knee Pain

Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Yoga for Adolescent Anterior Knee Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06031935
• Other study ID #: STUDY00004289
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 31, 2023
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: University of Texas at Austin
• Contact: Research Coordinator
• Phone: (512) 478-8116
• Email: nmcmahon[@]ctpomd.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Adolescent atraumatic anterior knee pain is a common yet cumbersome diagnosis that is currently managed with home exercises and physical therapy. The goal of this project is to present patients with an alternative treatment in the form of yoga available in an online video format. This new treatment, in the form of online yoga videos, may be more preferred for some patients and allow for higher compliance with home exercises aimed at treating anterior knee pain.

Description:

Adolescent atraumatic anterior knee pain is a common yet cumbersome diagnosis that is currently managed with home exercises and physical therapy. The goal of this project is to test the compliance and efficacy of an alternative treatment in the form of yoga available in an online video format. This study will help further the treatment understanding of one of the most common patient clinical presentations, atraumatic anterior knee pain in adolescents. This is a cumbersome patient presentation that is frustrating for both the patient and treating team in that there is no concrete treatment algorithm that works for everyone. Online yoga videos may be more preferred for some patients and allow for higher compliance with home exercises aimed at treating anterior knee pain. With this study, the investigators hope to ensure that the yoga videos provide equal, or more, pain relief and flexibility at the completion of the program.

It is hypothesized that patients completing the yoga program will have equivalent or greater flexibility, compliance, and pain relief when compared with current treatment recommendations for anterior knee pain.

This study aims to assess the success of a video-based eight-week home yoga program at improving compliance, increasing flexibility and functionality of knee movements. Compliance will be tracked through recorded access to the specific YouTube videos hosted through the CTPO YouTube Channel. Anterior knee pain patients will be given a link to two yoga videos and will be asked to do them at home, or wherever convenient for 8 weeks, 3-4 times a week.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children with non-structural anterior knee pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any intra-articular injuries

• No access to internet

• Non-english speaking

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Yoga
The patients will receive links to two yoga videos. They will do each of these videos at home for 4 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics	Austin	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Texas at Austin

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Donohue B, Miller A, Beisecker M, Houser D, Valdez R, Tiller S, Taymar T. Effects of brief yoga exercises and motivational preparatory interventions in distance runners: results of a controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2006 Jan;40(1):60-3; discussion 60-3. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.020024. — View Citation

Galantino ML, Galbavy R, Quinn L. Therapeutic effects of yoga for children: a systematic review of the literature. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2008 Spring;20(1):66-80. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e31815f1208. — View Citation

Hainsworth KR, Liu XC, Simpson PM, Swartz AM, Linneman N, Tran ST, Medrano GR, Mascarenhas B, Zhang L, Weisman SJ. A Pilot Study of Iyengar Yoga for Pediatric Obesity: Effects on Gait and Emotional Functioning. Children (Basel). 2018 Jul 4;5(7):92. doi: 10.3390/children5070092. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Patient Flexibility	Popliteal angle to test hamstring flexibility. On a scale of 0-90. A popliteal angle of 90 would mean very tight hamstrings. Prone heel to buttocks measurement will be taken to determine how close the patient can get their heel to buttocks. It will be measured in inches. A larger measurement means less flexibility. 0" is an ideal measurement.	Baseline and 8 weeks
Secondary	Number of views of yoga videos	Patient will keep a log of the number of times they do the videos, and we will use YouTube analytics to confirm the number of views.	Log will be recorded weekly for 8 weeks.
Secondary	International Knee Documentation Committee (pedi-IKDC) Survey Score	Patient Reported Outcome survey. On a scale of 0-100. 100 means knee is fully functional.	baseline, 8 weeks and 4 months
Secondary	Yoga video satisfaction survey	Satisfaction questions as defined by study team on a scale of 0-5. To determine if the yoga videos were useful to the patients.	8 weeks and 4 months
Secondary	Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS) pain interference scale	Measures the extent that pain is interfering with the patient's daily lifestyle. Pain is measured on a T-scale. 50 is the median. 20-55 is considered within the normal limits. 70+ is severe.	baseline, 8 weeks and 4 months