The Clinical Efficacy of Vibration Training in the Treatment of the Elderly with Knee Osteoarthritis

Completed

• Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000475044
• Lead Sponsor: Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

age > 60 years; having been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in a least one knee in accordance with the clinical and radiographic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology with a classification of I, II, III or IV according to the grading scale established by Kellgren and Lawrence; not having suffered any recent knee injury; not requiring a walking aid (walking stick, crutch, walking frame); self-report of not having been submitted to physiotherapy or any other rehabilitation procedure in the previous three months and not having used glycocorticoids for at least two months prior to initiation of the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients were excluded from the study if they had any orthopedic, neurological, respiratory or acute cardiac diseases that would make it impossible to perform the proposed exercise; and if they had any cognitive deficit, as indicated by a score lower than that compatible with their education level in the Mini-Mental Status Examination. In addition, patients with vestibular disorders, patients who reported being immunosuppressed or immunodeficient and those who had lost sphincter control (anal and bladder) were excluded from the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Composite Primary outcome: four functional performance tests including the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the Timed Get Up and Go Test (TGUG), the Chair Stand Test (CST) and the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)[All patients were evaluated at three different moments: three weeks before initiating training, immediately prior to training and immediately after the training program]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
self-report from the patients on the status of their disease, assessed using the Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)[All patients were evaluated at three different moments: three weeks before initiating training, immediately prior to training and immediately after the training program]