Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Paul Dieppe
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Bristol
Canynge Hall
Whiteladies Road
Bristol
BS8 2PR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 928 7299
p.dieppe@bristol.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal diseases: Arthritis (osteo)
Intervention
1. 8 weeks intensive physiotherapy with patellar taping
2. Continuing standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/1997
Overall trial end date
01/03/1998
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Involving 87 patients with chronic knee pain and radiographic evidence of patello-femoral osteoarthritis, recruited from a large community survey, The Somerset and Avon Survey of Health (SASH).
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
87
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Severe tibio-femoral joint disease
2. No current pain at entry
3. Being treated with physical therapy at entry
Recruitment start date
01/03/1997
Recruitment end date
01/03/1998
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of Bristol
Bristol
BS8 2PR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Physical and Complex Disabilities National Research and Development Programme (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12784408
Publication citations
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Results
Quilty B, Tucker M, Campbell R, Dieppe P, Physiotherapy, including quadriceps exercises and patellar taping, for knee osteoarthritis with predominant patello-femoral joint involvement: randomized controlled trial., J. Rheumatol., 2003, 30, 6, 1311-1317.