Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:05 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:05 AM
NCT ID:
NCT04589702
Eligibility Criteria:
* Inclusion Criteria for PF OA group; patients included if they had
1. Anterior- or retro-patellar knee pain aggravated by at least two activities that load the PFJ (eg; stair ambulation, squatting and/or rising from sitting) .
2. Pain during these activities presented on most days during the past month and their pain severity was ≥ 4 on an 11 point numerical pain scale during aggravating activities .,
3. A grade less than (2) from postero-anterior views on the Kellgren - Lawrence (KL) grading scale.
* Inclusion Criteria for Healthy control subjects :
1\. no history of knee pathology or pain with any of the provocative activities which were mentioned above.
* Exclusion Criteria for Patients in the PF OA group:
1\. concomitant pain from tibiofemoral joint or other knee structures .
* Exclusion Criteria for Subjects from both groups:
1. current or previous pain in the hip, lumbar spine or foot that had lasted longer than 3 months and/or required intervention.
2. a history of lower extremity, pelvis or spine fractures; spine, hip, knee or foot surgeries; hip or patellar subluxation/ dislocation.
3. injury to any of knee ligaments or meniscus.
4. systemic diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis), neurological conditions or fibromyalgia . 5.The professional athletes; people who exercise more than two hours a day or every other day, were also excluded .
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Sex:
FEMALE
Minimum Age:
35 Years
Maximum Age:
55 Years
Study:
NCT04589702
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04589702