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      <trial_id>IRCT2015081123593N1</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2015-09-27</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Vice chancellor for research, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>The effect of patellar taping and patellar bracing on pain and fuction in females with knee pain</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Comparison of patellar taping versus patellar bracing with exercise therapy on pain and function in females with patellofemoral pain syndrome</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2015-09-01</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>30</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/20106</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment.</study_design>
      <phase>2-3</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Patellofemoral pain syndrome.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Internention1: McConnell patellar taping technique with exercise therapy program include stretching of hamstring, plantar flexor, quadriceps and iliotibial band muscles and strengthening of quadriceps, hip abductors and hip external rotators muscles. Intervention 2: Intervention2: patellar bracing with exercise therapy program include stretching of hamstring, plantar flexor, quadriceps and iliotibial band muscles and strengthening of quadriceps, hip abductors and hip external rotators muscles.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan></results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description></results_IPD_description>
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    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Maryam Farokhnia</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Ahvaz, Iran</address>
        <city>Ahvaz</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>6135733133</zip>
        <telephone>+98 61 3374 3102</telephone>
        <email>m.farokhnia7@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Shahla Zahednezhad</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Ahvaz, Iran</address>
        <city>Ahvaz</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>6135733133</zip>
        <telephone>+98 61 3374 3102</telephone>
        <email>dr.shzahed@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Inclusion criteria: Subjects 18-43 y age; Pain level 3 or more on a 10cm visual analog scale; Onset of pain at least 3weeks but no greater than 2 months; Atraumatic peripatellar or retropatellar knee pain during at least 2 activities of prolonged sitting, increase in physical activity, climbing stairs, squatting, kneeling, running and jumping; Pain on palpation of the medial and lateral facet of the patella; Unilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome&#13;
Exclusion criteria: History of knee joint surgery; History of subluxation or dislocation of the patella, meniscal damage, ligamentous instability, patellar tendon pathology and chondral damage; Clinical evidence of knee osteoarthritis; Spinal referred pain; Corticosteroid injection in the knee joint within the past 3 months; Pregnancy or the possibility of pregnancy; History of knee joint trauma; Neurological and orthopedic impairment that affected balance</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>18 years</agemin>
      <agemax>43 years</agemax>
      <gender>Female</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria></exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>M22.2</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Patellofemoral disorders</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Other</i_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Other</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Internention1: McConnell patellar taping technique with exercise therapy program include stretching of hamstring, plantar flexor, quadriceps and iliotibial band muscles and strengthening of quadriceps, hip abductors and hip external rotators muscles</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention2: patellar bracing with exercise therapy program include stretching of hamstring, plantar flexor, quadriceps and iliotibial band muscles and strengthening of quadriceps, hip abductors and hip external rotators muscles</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Pain. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Subjective function. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: kujala questionnaire.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Objective function. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Performance functional test.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
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      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Vice chancellor for research, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2015-06-06</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethics Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Ahvaz, Iran Ahvaz  Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
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