Pilates method in the treatment of people with Arthrosis of the knee

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• Conditions: C05.799.613; aged; knee; osteoarthritis; exercise movement techniques; M01.060.116.100; A01.378.610.450; E02.779.474

• Registration Number: RBR-29jhy2r
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de São Paulo

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2018-06-29
• Study Start: 2022-01-17
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruitment completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Age from 60 years old; light or moderate knee osteoarthritis; both sexes;

Exclusion Criteria

stroke; parkinson disease; alzheimer; use of pacemaker; unstable cardiac conditions; knee or hip arthroplasty; fibromyalgia; amputees; visual deficiency; hearing impairment without amplification orthosis; in physiotherapeutic treatment or academy training in the last 3 months; incomplete primary school education; uncontrolled blood pressure; several knee osteoarthritis; have three consecutive absences;

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decrease in pain, self-reported in knees, verified by means of the visual analogue pain scale, from the verification of a reduction of 2 points or 20% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement in the perception of quality of life, measured by the questionnaire, Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), with a 20% improvement in the score of each sub-scale (physical functioning, functioning, physical aspects, body pain, perceptions of general health , vitality, social functioning, emotional role and mental health functioning) in the pre- and post-intervention measurements.<br>;Improvement in physical function, measured using the WOMAC and Lequesne Index questionnaires. Adopted for the WOMAC questionnaire improves physical function, a 14-point reduction in the final score in the pre- and post-intervention measurements. For the Lequesne Index, there was improvement in physical function, with an increase of 5 points in the final score in the pre- and post-intervention measures.