Progressive Collective-exercise Program on the Knee Osteoarthritis
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Knee Osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- NCT01850862
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
- Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesized that an eight-week collective group exercise program would improve pain, quality of life and functional capacity in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) compared with those receiving no exercise intervention.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
- symptomatic and moderate to severe medical diagnostic of KOA.
- Subjects with normal cognitive functions and no restriction to perform physical activities were recruited from the hospital's KOA database and eligible to participate if they had presented: Lequesne questionnaire criteria (5 - 13.5), knee pain score between 3 and 7 (on a 0 -10 Visual Analogue Scale), stable doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and no regular physical exercise or use of canes in the months prior to the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- Symptomatic heart disease; symptomatic disease of the lower limbs (other than KOA); symptomatic lung disease; severe systemic disease; severe psychiatric illness; regular physical exercise (three or more times per week for at least 3 months); drug injection in the knee in the previous 3 months; physiotherapy on the lower limbs in the previous 3 months and absence in two consecutive training sessions or three nonconsecutive sessions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain Eight weeks pain assessed by Visual Analogue Scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method quality of life Eight weeks quality of life assessed by SF-36 questionnaire
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
🇧🇷Natal, RN, Brazil
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte🇧🇷Natal, RN, Brazil