Effects of hip muscle strengthening on knee load in knee osteoarthritis.
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis.Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12607000001493
- Lead Sponsor
- Prof Kim Bennell
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Eligibility will be confirmed by radiographic and clinical examination. Medial tibiofemoral joint osteoarthritis (OA) fulfilling American College of Rheumatology classification criteria and reporting average knee pain on walking >3 on an 11-point scale will be included. Other inclusion criteria will be: (i) varus knee malalignment on standing anteroposterior lower limb x-ray.
(i) knee surgery or intra-articular corticosteroid injection within 6 months; (ii) current or past (within 4 weeks) oral corticosteroid use; (iii) systemic arthritic conditions; (iv) history of tibiofemoral/patellofemoral joint replacement or tibial osteotomy; (v) any other muscular, joint or neurological condition affecting lower limb function; (vi) back or hip pain within the past 3 years that caused the patient to seek treatment, take medication, miss work or interfere with function for at least one week; and (vii) any physiotherapy or lower limb strengthening exercises in the past 6 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The external peak knee adduction moment measured during gait[Measured at baseline and 12 weeks.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Isometric hip adduction, hip abduction, hip flexion, quadricep and hamstring torque, Timed up and go (TUG) test, time taken to climb 8 steps, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Oestoarthritis Index, knee pain via a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), patient perceived response to treatment and the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE). [All measures at baseline and 12 weeks.]