Effect of muscle training on pain and functionality in elderly people with knee wear
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis, chronic painC05.550.091
- Registration Number
- RBR-965656g
- Lead Sponsor
- Carla Mariza de Lima Krieger
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Volunteers of both genders; be 60 years of age or older; be able to perform physical exercises, according to medical evaluation; having knee osteoarthritis in one or both knees (according to the American College of Rheumatology); present grade = 3 according to the Kellgren-Laurence Grading Scale (Kellgren et al., 1957); refer chronic pain for more than 3 months (according to the IASP - International Association for the Study of Pain concept) in one or both knees, with referred pain = 3, according to the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
Pacemaker wearers; having fibromyalgia; carrier of any oncological disease; having some systemic/general and/or cognitive impairment or neurological disorder; having undergone knee surgery and/or intra-articular corticosteroid injection within 6 months; any other muscular, joint or neurological condition that affects the function of the lower limbs.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find a decrease in pain intensity in the muscle power training group (assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS), the McGill pain questionnaire and the Brief Pain Inventory), when compared to the control group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find in the muscle power training group an improvement in physical function (assessed by the 10-meter walking test, Time and Go (TUG), Sit and Stand Test, Stair Climb Test and Joint Range Measurement) , when compared to the control group.