Assessment of a Knee Brace in Patients With Osteoarthritis

It is a controlled clinical trial randomized, double-blind evaluator. Will be considered eligible patients, individuals of both sexes, aged 40 -60, to submit at least four items of knee osteoarthrosis classification criteria, according to the American College of Rheumatology, pain above four points in the visual analogue scale (VAS), diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis and who sought physical therapy treatment.

Patients will be randomized by a number sequence generated by a computer using Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington), in opaque envelopes by researcher who will not attend the study.Patients will be divided into two groups: group with knee patellar hole or group without knee patellar hole. Shortly after the selection of the knee, the patient will have his eyes blind or cover in order to keep it '' blind '' regarding the type of knee brace that it would use.

Finally evaluator 1 will cover the knee with a black cloak, making the second evaluator ''blind '' regarding the type of knee brace that will be used.

Two investigators will carry out the data collection. The first evaluator will collect information on the clinical characteristics of patients, including evaluation form, numerical pain scale, which measures the intensity of pain, test Time Up and Go (TUG) test that measures the basic mobility of movement and test walking eight meters, whose purpose is to measure the time that the individual takes to walk a distance of eight meters.