Efficacy of aqua cycling on pain and physical function in patients with early knee osteoarthritis.
- Conditions
- degenerative joint diseaseosteoarthritis10023213
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON41619
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Trial ended prematurely
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 111
* Knee osteoarthritis (physician assessed) is the primary diagnosis
* Knee pain > 4 and < 7 on a numeric pain rating scale (NPRS)
* Kellgren/Lawrence score < 3
* Ability to cycle (on a stationary exercise bike)
* Good mental health (score < 8 for anxiety and depression on the Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale, HADS)
* Sufficient mental and language skills to participate in the study (e.g. fill out questionnaires;
understand instructions during testing and training)
* Indication for physiotherapy in conjunction with impairments due to OA
* Any *yes* on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), which is used to screen for
contra-indications for physical training
* Severe, unstable co-morbidities, such as cardiac or pulmonary conditions (assessed Cumulative
Illness Rating Scale, CIRS)
* Total knee replacement (planned within one year)
* Current prescription of corticosteroid injections and/or hyaluron injections (because of
unsatisfying results from other non-invasive interventions)
* Corticosteroid injection < 3 months and/or hyaluron injection < 6 months
* Patients with serve joint complaints (other than knee joint) that interfere their ability to participate
in an exercise programme
* Patients with symptomatic and radiological apparent hip OA
* Inability to safely enter and exit the pool
* Inflammatory joint diseases
* Open wounds
* Fear of water
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Self-reported physical function and knee pain.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcomes will be self-reported disease severity of OA symptoms,<br /><br>physical activity and quality of life. Muscle strength, functional capacity and<br /><br>physical functioning will be assessed by a physiotherapist. </p><br>