The primary aim is to determine if online patient education is a feasible intervention for people with PFP awaiting physiotherapy. The secondary aim is to provide outcome data to inform a future substantiative trial.
Aged 18-44 years
Gradual onset retro-and/or peri-patellar pain
Symptoms reproduced during one or more of running; jumping; stair ambulation; squatting
Referred to East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust for outpatient physiotherapy at Colchester hospital
Aged 45 years and older
Symptoms of concomitant knee pathology
Symptoms commencing after trauma or knee surgery
Presentation inconsistent with patellofemoral pain during clinical examination