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Manual Physical Therapy for Chronic Knee Pain

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Led By Matthew S Helton, DPT
Research Sponsored by Jennifer Moreno Clinic
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 3 hours
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if a single session of manual physical therapy can measurably change things like pain and function for people with knee osteoarthritis.

Eligible Conditions
  • Knee Arthritis
  • Chronic Knee Pain
  • Knee Deformity
  • Knee Pain Swelling
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Impotence
  • Muscle Weakness

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~3 hours
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 hours for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Rate of Torque Development
Voluntary Quadriceps Activation
Secondary outcome measures
Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Timed Up and Go Test

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Manual Physical TherapyExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
The treatment group will receive one 30-minute session of orthopedic manual physical therapy targeting the knee joint and soft tissues with complementary exercises targeted at their impairment. The manual therapy and exercises are tailored to the individual based on their limitations and restrictions.
Group II: Control GroupActive Control1 Intervention
The control group will receive a 30-minute class on knee osteoarthritis diagnosis, prognosis, various treatment options, and will conclude with a question and answer session. This will account for the 30 minute face to face time provided in the treatment group
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Manual Physical Therapy
2010
N/A
~110

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Jennifer Moreno ClinicLead Sponsor
Matthew S Helton, DPTPrincipal InvestigatorOrthopedic PT Fellow

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.
Recent research and studies
Arthritis Care & ResearchJournal
Measures of Adult Pain: Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain), Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS Pain), Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short-form Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS), Short Form-36 Bodily Pain Scale (SF
Hawker, Gillian A., Samra Mian, Tetyana Kendzerska, and Melissa French. 2011. “Measures of Adult Pain: Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain), Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS Pain), Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short-form Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS), Short Form-36 Bodily Pain Scale (SF”. Arthritis Care & Research. Wiley. doi:10.1002/acr.20543.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Rate of Torque Development and Voluntary Quadriceps Activation in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Quantitative Analysis Before and After a Single Session of Manual Physical Therapy
MAJ Matthew Helton 2020. "Rate of Torque Development and Voluntary Quadriceps Activation in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Quantitative Analysis Before and After a Single Session of Manual Physical Therapy". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04234282.
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