Exercise-therapy and education for knee osteoarthritis: comparison of telerehabilitation with face-to-face delivery
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritisMusculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12619000235101
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Christian Barton
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Stopped early
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
NICE guidelines for primary clinical diagnosis of knee OA (Conaghan et al, 2008)
o is 45 or over AND
o has activity-related joint pain AND
o has either no morning joint-related stiffness or morning stiffness that lasts no longer than 30 minutes.
- Sufficient English language proficiency to participate in the intervention and complete the study baseline and follow up measures
- Live within a 10km radius of a clinical site offering GLA:D Australia
REFERENCES
Conaghan PG, Dickson J, Grant RL. Guidelines: care and management of osteoarthritis in adults: summary of NICE guidance. BMJ: British Medical Journal. 2008;336(7642):502
•Previously attended the GLA:DTM Australia program
•Physiotherapy treatment in the previous six months
•History of joint replacement in the affected knee/s
•Impairment that would impact on ability to participate in the GLA:DTM Australia intervention
•Non-English speaking
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knee-related burden, assessed with the KOOS4, which is the average score of 4 of the 5 Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales covering pain, symptoms, difficulty in sports and recreational activities and quality of life.[Baseline (prior to first intervention session) will be compared to 3 months (13 weeks) (following last intervention session). Timepoints for primary outcome will also include 1 year, 2 years and 5 years,<br>]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method