Online lessons may ease knee pain while waiting for treatment
NCT ID NCT06744257
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an online education tool is a practical option for people with patellofemoral pain (knee pain) who are waiting for physiotherapy. Researchers will recruit 40 adults aged 18-44 and see if they can complete the online modules and questionnaires. The goal is to find out if this approach is feasible and acceptable, not yet to prove it works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Online education tool
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that online education is a practical way to help people manage knee pain while they wait for physiotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply widely. It tests whether the approach works in practice, not whether it improves pain or function.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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16 to 44 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 * Able to read and understand written/spoken English Exclusion Criteria: * 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 * Unable to understand written/spoken English * Unable to give informed consent
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGColchester, CO4 5JL, United Kingdom
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