[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"patellofemoral-pain-pfps\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:patellofemoral-pain-pfps":33},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,4,0,[8,54,79,108],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":15,"eligibilityCriteria":16,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":19,"enrollmentInfo":20,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":24,"briefSummary":26,"conditions":27,"keywords":34,"overallStatus":41,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":42,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":43,"startDateStruct":46,"completionDateStruct":48,"leadSponsor":50,"locationsCount":53},"100644562","effects-of-kinesio-taping-versus-mcconnell-taping-on-clinical-outcomes-in-patients-with-patellofemoral-pain-syndrome-100644562",false,"NCT07671482","Effects of Kinesio Taping Versus McConnell Taping on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.","Effects of Kinesio Taping Versus McConnell Taping on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. A Randomized Clinical Trial.","PFPS","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Anterior or retropatellar pain for a minimum of 3 months during functional activities.\n* 18-50 years of age.\n* Minimum pain of 3\u002F10 on the VAS score.\n* No LL physical therapy in the past 3 months.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Meniscal or ligamentous injury\n* Neurological or systemic conditions affecting proprioception, coordination and balance.\n* Spinal referred pain or rheumatoid arthritis.\n* Hip and ankle disorders.","ALL","18 Years","50 Years",{"count":21,"type":22},80,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[25],"NA","The primary goal of this randomized clinical trial (RCT) is to evaluate whether Kinesio Taping versus McConnell Taping, when integrated into a standardized hip-knee strengthening and neuromuscular control program, produces significant effects in individuals aged 18-50 with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS).\n\nThe main question it aims to answer is: Does Kinesio Taping compared with McConnell Taping when both combined with a standardized hip-knee exercise program, produce different effects on quadriceps neuromuscular activation (VMO-VL sEMG), pain, functional knee pain, and dynamic knee valgus over a 6 week period intervention?\n\nParticipants will be divided into three groups for comparison: the control group will receive a structured hip-knee physical therapy exercise program without any taping intervention, Kinesio Taping group with a standardized exercise program, and a McConnell Taping group with a standardized exercise program.",[28,29,15,30,31,32,33],"Patello Femoral Pain Syndrome","Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome","Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome","Patellofemoral Disorder","Patellofemoral Pain, PFP","Patellofemoral Pain (PFPS)",[35,36,37,38,39,30,40],"Electromyography","EMG","Kinesio Taping","McConnell Taping","Exercise Therapy","Single-Leg Squat","RECRUITING","2026-06-25",{"date":44,"type":45},"2026-06-26","ACTUAL",{"date":47,"type":22},"2026-06",{"date":49,"type":22},"2026-10",{"name":51,"class":52},"Cairo University","OTHER",1,{"id":55,"slug":56,"hasResults":11,"nctId":57,"briefTitle":58,"officialTitle":58,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":59,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":60,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":62,"phases":4,"briefSummary":63,"conditions":64,"keywords":66,"overallStatus":41,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":70,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":71,"startDateStruct":73,"completionDateStruct":75,"leadSponsor":77,"locationsCount":53},"100629239","assessing-the-association-between-wbct-pfj-morphological-metrics-and-knee-symptoms-100629239","NCT07472088","Assessing the Association Between WBCT PFJ Morphological Metrics and Knee Symptoms","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Age ≥ 18\n* Knee pain, falling into either of the two groups, i.e., PFJ pain (pain only in the anterior region of the knee) or symptomatic knee OA (pain in any other area of the knee, including the anterior region)\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Bilateral total knee arthroplasty\n* Pregnant\n* Unable to stand safely for 2 minutes with support\n* Any condition that the investigator identifies as inappropriate for participation (e.g., unable to participant in consent process, unsafe to stand on WBCT platform, etc.)",{"count":61,"type":22},36,"OBSERVATIONAL","Patellofemoral joint (PFJ) pain is a common, often chronic, aching pain behind or around the kneecap, frequently called \"runner's knee\". It occurs when the kneecap does not glide smoothly over the thigh bone, often due to muscle weakness or overuse. It makes sitting for long periods, climbing stairs, or kneeling painful.\n\nSymptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, long-term condition where the protective cartilage in the knee joint wears away, causing the bones to rub together, leading to daily pain and stiffness. In simple terms, it is a \"wear-and-tear\" disease of the entire joint that makes walking, climbing stairs, or bending the knee difficult.\n\nThe PFJ is where the patella (kneecap) meets the femoral trochlea (front part of the lower thigh bone) at the front of the knee. Patellar tracking refers to the movement of the patella that begins to engage in the distal femoral trochlear groove (smooth, U-shaped groove at the bottom of the thigh bone).\n\nBy doing this study, we hope to advance clinical knowledge of the PTJ features in a more natural position by using weight-bearing computed tomography (WBCT) images while the leg is straight and slightly bent. Determining links between specific knee symptoms and the PTJ structure on WBCT images could enable providers to effectively target the underlying causes and to develop targeted treatments.",[65,33],"Knee Osteoarthritis",[67,68,69],"patellofemoral joint","knee osteoarthritis","weight-bearing CT (WBCT)","2026-05-01",{"date":72,"type":45},"2026-05-07",{"date":74,"type":45},"2026-04-29",{"date":76,"type":22},"2026-08",{"name":78,"class":52},"University of Kansas Medical Center",{"id":80,"slug":81,"hasResults":11,"nctId":82,"briefTitle":83,"officialTitle":83,"acronym":15,"eligibilityCriteria":84,"healthyVolunteers":85,"sex":86,"minAge":18,"maxAge":87,"enrollmentInfo":88,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":62,"phases":4,"briefSummary":90,"conditions":91,"keywords":92,"overallStatus":98,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":99,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":100,"startDateStruct":102,"completionDateStruct":104,"leadSponsor":106,"locationsCount":53},"100616438","influence-of-selected-positions-on-hip-abductors-strength-and-activation-in-patellofemoral-pain-syndrome-in-males-100616438","NCT07305610","INFLUENCE OF SELECTED POSITIONS ON HIP ABDUCTORS STRENGTH AND ACTIVATION IN PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME IN MALES","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Age 18-35 years; Normal BMI; Subjects in the PFPS group diagnosed with unilateral PFPS by an orthopedist; Healthy individuals without knee pain (for the control group)\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* History of lower limb surgery; Any neurological disorders; Musculoskeletal disorders affecting the lower limb; Additional sources of anterior knee pain (tendonitis, Osgood-Schlatter, bursitis, etc.); Any inflammatory diseases",true,"MALE","35 Years",{"count":89,"type":22},44,"The study aims to explore the effect of body position (side-lying versus standing) on hip abductors muscle strength and activation in individuals with and without PFPS and then to compare these measures between the two groups in each position",[33],[93,94,95,96,97],"Hip Abductors","Muscle Strength","Muscle Activity","Side-lying","Standing","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2025-12-13",{"date":101,"type":45},"2025-12-26",{"date":103,"type":22},"2025-12-15",{"date":105,"type":22},"2026-02-15",{"name":107,"class":52},"Ahram Canadian University",{"id":109,"slug":110,"hasResults":11,"nctId":111,"briefTitle":112,"officialTitle":113,"acronym":15,"eligibilityCriteria":114,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":115,"enrollmentInfo":116,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":118,"briefSummary":119,"conditions":120,"keywords":123,"overallStatus":98,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":135,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":136,"startDateStruct":138,"completionDateStruct":140,"leadSponsor":142,"locationsCount":53},"100593990","effect-of-specific-versus-general-hamstring-stretch-on-clinical-outcomes-in-patellofemoral-pain-syndrome-pfps-100593990","NCT07013617","Effect of Specific Versus General Hamstring Stretch on Clinical Outcomes in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS)","Effect Of Hamstring Stretch On Clinical Outcomes In Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Anterior or retropatellar knee pain lasting at least three months\n* Pain reproduced by at least two functional tasks: squatting, kneeling, prolonged sitting, stair climbing, hopping or running\n* Pain intensity of ≥3 on a Visual Analog Scale\n* positive active knee extension test (inability to achieve greater than 160° of knee extension with the hip at 90° of flexion)\n* Body mass index (BMI) \\\u003C 30 Kg\u002Fm² and \\> 18Kg\u002Fm²\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Previous knee surgery\n* History of knee pathologies, such as meniscal injury' ligament injury, or knee osteoarthritis\n* Psychological, cardiovascular' or neurological disorders\n* Dizziness or fainting while doing exercises, pregnancy, or any contraindications to exercise\n* Physical therapy treatment in the last 3 months","37 Years",{"count":117,"type":22},60,[25],"This randomized, Single-blind, parallel-group trial will compare the effects of three hamstring stretching interventions-general hamstring Muscle Energy Technique (MET), medial hamstring MET, and lateral hamstring MET-each combined with standardized TENS and progressive hip\u002Fknee strengthening, on hamstring flexibility (knee-extension ROM), anterior knee pain (Arabic Kujala score), pain intensity visual analogue scale (VAS), and lower-limb strength (hand-held dynamometer) in adults with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS).",[121,30,122,33],"Hamstring Shortness","Hamstring Flexibility",[124,15,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134],"patellofemoral pain syndrome","hamstring flexibility","active knee extension test","medial hamstring","lateral hamstring","specific hamstring stretch","Muscle Energy Technique","TENS","Visual Analogue Scale","Hand Held Dynamometer (HHD)","Kujala Score","2025-06-11",{"date":137,"type":45},"2025-06-15",{"date":139,"type":22},"2025-06-14",{"date":141,"type":22},"2025-11",{"name":51,"class":52}]