The Effects of Elastic Bandagens in People With Knee Arthrosis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis.C05.550.114.606
- Registration Number
- RBR-3t3yck
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Women with mild and moderate clinical and radiographic diagnoses of bilateral knee osteoarthritis (OA), who are able to walk independently, have no cognivite deficits, have a mody mass index below 30kg/m2, and not be submitted to surgery in any joint of the lower limbs.
Exclusion Criteria
Absence of pain on the day of the experiment, in addition to those who have full movement of a joint (ADM) active, less than 90 degrees of flexion at the knee and/or hip, and skin fragility.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in pain levels will be assessed by the visual analogic scale and by the first sub-section of the Western Ontario and McMaster University (WOMAC) questionnaire.;Changes in physical function will be evaluated by the spatial temporal gait variables, timed up and go (TUG) test, by the third sub-section of the Western Ontario and McMaster University (WOMAC).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measures of muscular performance will be obtained with the Biodex Isokinetic dynamometer.