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Effectiveness of Cane in Osteoarthritis (OA) Patients

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Knee Osteoarthritis
Interventions
Device: Cane
Registration Number
NCT00698412
Lead Sponsor
Federal University of São Paulo
Brief Summary

Sixty four participants were enrolled in a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of daily cane use on pain, function, quality of life and energy consumption during the gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Detailed Description

Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
64
Inclusion Criteria
  • Primary Knee osteoarthritis (ACR criteria)
  • VAS for knee pain between 3 and 7
  • No changes the NSAID intake or physical activity in the previous 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
  • Symptomatic heart or pulmonary disease
  • Severe systemic disease
  • Other symptomatic disease in the lower limb or in the upper limb that will carry the cane
  • Joint injection in the previous 3 months
  • PT in the previous 3 months
  • Previously cane use
  • Start regular physical activity in the last month

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1CaneCane group
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain - visual analogue scaleT0, T30 and T60
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Function - Lequesne indexT0, T30 and T60
Function - WOMAC questionnaireT0,T30 and T60
Quality of life - SF-36T0, T30 and T60
Energy consumption (VO2)- gas analysis with and without cane during the 6MWTT0, T30 and T60

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Federal University of Sao Paulo

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Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

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