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Therapeutic Effect of Two Muscle Strengthening Programs in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome From Bogota, Colombia. Experimental Study, Clinical Controlled Trial

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What is being tested

Strengthening program

Other
Who is being recruted

Joint Diseases

+ Musculoskeletal Diseases

+ Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

From 15 to 40 Years
+9 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Placebo-Controlled
Interventional
Study Start: August 2018
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Summary

Principal SponsorUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: August 15, 2018

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Experimental study: controlled clinical trial, designed to evaluate the effect of two muscle strengthening programs in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome. Young adults between 15 and 40 years old, with clinical diagnosis of patellofemoral pain syndrome (by means of Computerized Axial Tomography and medical concept of a specialist Orthopedist in knee), in the last three years, non-athletes with a level of physical activity between mild and moderate, affiliated to the health care institution CAFAM (Caja de Compensación Familiar is a compensation fund of Colombia that has pharmacies, hotels, Convention Center, Recreation Club, School, among others and offers Subsidy Services, Credits, Insurance, Tourism, Health, Education, Housing). All the procedures developed within the study had as a reference the standards of good clinical practice and ethical principles for medical research in humans. The participants signed the informed consent where they accepted their participation in the present study. The participants were randomized with the SNOSE (sequentially numbered, opaque sealed envelopes) method to two protocols of muscular strengthening (Group A: Exercises for core, hip and knee and Group B: Exercises for Hip and Knee).

Official TitleTherapeutic Effect of Two Muscle Strengthening Programs in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome From Bogota, Colombia. Experimental Study, Clinical Controlled Trial
NCT04011436
Principal SponsorUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

40 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 15 to 40 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Joint DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesPatellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Criteria

5 inclusion criteria required to participate
Patients with a clinical diagnosis of patellofemoral misalignment with knee CT, aged between 15 and 40 years.
Patients with clinical signs of retropatellar pain at rest or in the following activities: going up or down stairs, jumping, running, doing squats, kneeling, or sitting for a long time.
Pain or apprehension to the mobilization of the patella.
Crepitus with pain when performing squats.
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4 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Clinical history or clinical evidence of patellofemoral dislocation, subluxation or osteoarthrosis of the knees.
Dysfunction of the ligaments, bursa, meniscus, patellar tendon or synovial plica of the knee.
Traumatic lesions of ligaments or meniscus or patients with osteoarthrosis secondary to congenital conditions.
Clinical history of orthopedic surgery in lower limbs.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

50% chance of being blinded to the placebo group

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Physical Exercises to strengthen the core, hip and knee.

Group II

Sham
Physical Exercises to strengthen the hip and knee.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Bogotá, ColombiaOpen Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center
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