Tight Achilles Tendon, Hyperpronation and Anterior Knee Pains

Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Is There a Connection Between a Tight Achilles Tendon, Hyperpronation of the Foot and Pain in the Anterior Part of the Knee

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00246558
• Other study ID #: ON-02-011-OSi
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 28, 2005
• Last updated: April 2, 2014
• Start date: November 2005
• Est. completion date: November 2005

Study information

• Verified date: April 2014
• Source: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Danish National Committee on Biomedical Research EthicsDenmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the prevalence of pain in the anterior part of the knee, amongst youngsters between 16 and 18 years of age.

Furthermore, this trial intends to study the connection between the pain, hyperpronation of the foot and tight Achilles tendon.

We want to find out if there is a need of an early effort in terms of information, training and/or support for the shoes.

Description:

All students (around 300) between 16 and 18 years of age from one Gymnasium, receives a questionnaire. They are asked to answer whether they have had pain in the anterior part of their knee within the last month. If so they are invited to participate in a scientific study. An equivalent group with no pain are invited to participate as a control group.

In both groups navicular drop and drift will be measured together with the dorsal flexion. The investigations are made single-blinded as the investigators do not know if the "patient" has pain or not.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: November 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 16 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Informed consent, and for those being under 18 years of age, their parents signature.

• Anterior knee pain syndrome and for the control group: no knee pain syndrome

Exclusion Criteria:

• Former knee surgery

• Any form of arthritis

• Diagnosed meniscus or other injuries in the knee

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Northern Orthopaedic Division, Klinik Aalborg	Aalborg	Northern Jutland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark,