Virtual Physical Therapy Support for Runners Receiving Gait Analyses for Lower Body Running Related Musculoskeletal Issues
University of Florida
Summary
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.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Age of 18 to 65 years * Regularly running at least 12 miles a week prior to development of musculoskeletal complaint. * Free of surgical history of surgery to either lower limb * No history of major bony injury to the lower limb such as traumatic fracture, within the past 12 months * Presence of chronic lower body running related injuries (e.g., patellofemoral pain, IT band syndrome, Achilles tendinitis, chronic lower back pain after running) * Body mass index (BMI) \<=35 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * \< 18 or 65 years * BMI \>35 kg/m2 * Mental disableme…
Interventions
- BehavioralVPT
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.
Location
- University of Florida College of medicine- Dept of PM&RGainesville, Florida