Virtual Physical Therapy Support for Runners

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Complication

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - 65 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• VPT — BEHAVIORAL
  The VPT will be comprised of weekly virtual visits with the participant for one month. During the visits, the physical therapist will review the exercises that were prescribed, adherence, provide feedback to the participant as they execute the exercises onscreen and make corrections, make any progression or adjustments to the exercises, review running cues they learned from the testing session and answer any questions. The therapist will also review any new activities that are initiated during the previous week (to control for confounders), changes in musculoskeletal pain and participation in running volume.

Study Details

This study will compare standard of care of home exercise for running rehabilitation to the combined treatment of home exercise with an individually provided four-session virtual physical therapy support program intervention on pain and physical function movements (controlled dual and single leg squat and lateral hopping in individuals post running injury. These collective findings will help provide new evidence of the responses to an individually provided virtual PT interventions among runners.

Key Dates

Start date

Aug 10, 2023

Status verified

Apr 2026

Primary completion

Aug 31, 2029

Completion

Jun 30, 2030

Study Design

Enrollment

85 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Arms

• No Intervention: paper-based standard care exercise program
• Experimental: VPT

Primary Outcome Measure

Change from baseline numerical rating scale for pain (NRSpain) at 4 weeks [ Time Frame: Visits 6; one month post enrollment ]

Central Contacts

• Sharareh PhD, PT
  3522738453
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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