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
Group Intervention Description 1 Cane Cane group
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain - visual analogue scale T0, T30 and T60
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Function - Lequesne index T0, T30 and T60 Function - WOMAC questionnaire T0,T30 and T60 Quality of life - SF-36 T0, T30 and T60 Energy consumption (VO2)- gas analysis with and without cane during the 6MWT T0, T30 and T60
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Federal University of Sao Paulo
🇧🇷Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil