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Effects of MatPilates in Pain and Functionality in Elderly Woman With Osteoarthritis.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Registration Number
NCT03321084
Lead Sponsor
Maria das Graças Rodrigues de Araújo
Brief Summary

Introduction: The osteoarthrosis is incurable, one of the most incapacitating disease around the world and your prevalence is increasing every year. The main consequences of this disease is pain and loss of functionality as a result of biomechanical limitations coming from articular inflammation. Among the variability of therapeutic resources, we propose MatPilates like a no drug intervention, that probably will contribute for a decrease in the symptoms of this disease.

Objective: It is hypothesized that MatPilates is a method capable of decrease pain and increase functionality in elderly woman with osteoarthrosis.

Methods: This study is a randomized double blind clinical trial, in which the volunteer need be in between 60 and 69 years old. Will be formed of two groups: MatPilates Group (MG) and Control Group (CG), and the ideal "n" will be calculated in a pilot study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria
  • Bilateral osteoarthritis
  • Body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 34,9 (WHO, 2000)
  • Mini mental state examination score, with cutoff score of 18 (illiterate) and 24 (literate) (BRUCKI et al. 2003; LOURENÇO e VERAS, 2006)
  • Unassisted gait (no wheelchair, no walking stick, no crutches or no walker)
  • No history of neurologic disease
  • No other physical activity
  • Never practiced Pilates
Exclusion Criteria
  • Change in habitual drug's program during the study
  • Join in other physical activity during the study
  • Refuse to wear suitable clothing

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain.7 weeks.

Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functionality.7 weeks.

Lequesne Index.

Balance.7 weeks.

Timed and Up Go Test (TUG)

Pain7 weeks.

Lequesne Index.

Stiffness.7 weeks.

Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Laboratory of Kinesiotherapy and Manual Therapeutic Resources, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)

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Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Laboratory of Kinesiotherapy and Manual Therapeutic Resources, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)
🇧🇷Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Maria das Graças Araujo, PhD
Contact
+558121268939
mgrodriguesaraujo@hotmail.com

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