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Wearable Sensors in Knee OA

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Knee Osteoarthritis
Interventions
Behavioral: Exercise-based Physical Therapy
Registration Number
NCT04243096
Lead Sponsor
Boston University Charles River Campus
Brief Summary

This is a single-arm clinical trial to investigate the outcome of exercise-based physical therapy in people with knee osteoarthritis through the use of wearable sensors.

Detailed Description

This is a longitudinal, single arm, 19-week study to investigate the utility of digital assessments to measure the efficacy of exercise-based physical therapy (PT) for reducing pain and improving function in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

A total of 60 participants will be included. Participants will receive a supervised exercise-based PT for 12 weeks and will undergo multiple assessments of strength, balance, gait and joint movement while being monitored with a motion capture system and wrist and lumbar wearable sensors. Additionally, participants' activities will be monitored in the real world with the same wrist and lumbar wearable sensors. After completion of the PT program, participants will be monitored for an additional 6-week period to measure persistence of treatment effect. During that time, they will continue to follow an exercise program at home.

The primary objective will be to measure the effect of exercise-based PT on functional performance and pain reduction using both patient reported outcomes questionnaires (PROs) and digital metrics obtained from the laboratory assessments and wearable sensors worn in the real world. Pain phenotyping questionnaires and quantitative sensory testing assessments will also be used to evaluate the effect of specific pain phenotypes in treatment response.

A substudy will be undertaken to assess reproducibility of sensor-based measures during physical performance testing across at-home and in-lab implementation, as well as, reproducibility of these measures over repeated at-home implementation.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • ≥ 50 years of age
  • A confirmed clinical diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee based on American College of Rheumatology criteria (confirmed by the participant's physician).
  • Score ≥ 3 on weight-bearing questions from the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Pain Subscale in the index knee
  • BMI ≤ 40 kg/m2
  • Able to walk without assisted devices (eg. cane or walker) for at least 20 minutes
  • Can speak and understand English
  • Available for the study duration
Exclusion Criteria
  • Contraindication to exercise
  • Other pain in lower back or legs that is greater than knee pain
  • Currently receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy for cancer except non-melanoma skin cancer
  • History of other disease that may involve the index joint including inflammatory joint disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy (eg, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease related arthropathy), crystalline disease (eg, gout or pseudogout), lupus erythematosus, knee joint infections, Paget's disease affecting the knee, or knee joint tumors.
  • Any knee surgery in the previous 6 months
  • Previous knee osteotomy, uni-compartmental replacement, or total knee replacement in either knee
  • Joint replacement in either hip or ankle
  • Planned major treatment for knee OA (e.g., surgery, injections, physical therapy) during the study period
  • Planned major surgery in the next 6 months
  • Corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections in either knee in the previous 3 months
  • Neurological conditions that impacts motor functioning, for e.g., stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, diabetic neuropathy, etc.
  • Pregnant
  • Received physical therapy for knee OA within past 6 months
  • Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse
  • Participation in another clinical trial for treatment of any joint or muscle pain
  • Participants who are investigational site staff members directly involved in the conduct of the study and their family members, site staff members otherwise supervised by the Investigators.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Exercise-based Physical TherapyExercise-based Physical Therapy12 week in-person exercise-based physical therapy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sensor Derived CadenceChange from baseline to 12 weeks

number of steps/min during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Stride DurationChange from baseline to 12 weeks

duration of one stride during gait (sec) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test

Sensor Derived Step DurationChange from baseline to 12 weeks

duration of one step during gait (sec) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Stance TimeChange from baseline to 12 weeks

Duration of stance phase (i.e., duration of time the foot is in contact with the ground in a step) during gait (sec) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Total Double Support TimeChange from baseline to 12 weeks

time when both feet are on the ground in one gait cycle (sec) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Swing TimeChange from baseline to 12 weeks

duration of swing phase during gait (sec) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Single Limb Support TimeChange from baseline to 12 weeks

time when one foot is on the ground in one gait cycle (sec) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Step LengthChange from baseline to 12 weeks

length of a step during gait (m) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Gait SpeedChange from baseline to 12 weeks

walking speed (m/s) during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Duration of Sit to StandChange from baseline to 12 weeks

time taken to complete a chair stand (sec) from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Sit to Stand AccelerationChange from baseline to 12 weeks

peak acceleration during chair stand (m/s\^2) from lower back sensor

Sensor Derived Sit to Stand DecelerationChange from baseline to 12 weeks

peak deceleration during chair stand (m/s\^2) from lower back sensor

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Physical Function (KOOS ADL)Change from baseline to 12 weeks

Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scale ADL Score (0-100, higher score indicate better outcome)

Knee Pain (KOOS Pain)Change from baseline to 12 weeks

Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scale Pain Score (0-100, higher score indicate better outcome)

Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA)Change from baseline to 12 weeks

time spent in moderate and vigorous intensity activity per day extracted from a wrist worn sensor (GT9X Link)

Time Taken to Complete 28-meter Walk TestChange from baseline to 12 weeks

time taken to complete 28-meter walk test (s) from stopwatch during the clinic-based 28-meter walk test

First Peak of Knee IndexChange from baseline to 12 weeks

Knee loading index for study knee during walking at self-selected pace from 3D motion capture (%Bodyweight\*height)

Knee Co-contractionChange from baseline to 12 weeks

Peak medial quadriceps-medial hamstrings co-contraction during loading response during walking at self-selected pace. Higher values reflect greater co-activation of these muscles.

Knee Frontal Plane ExcursionChange from baseline to 12 weeks

abduction-adduction range during stance phase of gait measured using 3D motion capture (degrees)

Knee Sagittal Plane ExcursionChange from baseline to 12 weeks

flexion-extension range for study knee during stance phase of gait measured during walking at self-selected pace using 3D motion capture (degrees)

Trunk AngleChange from baseline to 12 weeks

peak trunk forward flexion angle during sit-to-stand measured using 3D motion capture (degrees)

Global AssessmentChange from baseline to 12 weeks

Patient Global Assessment of OA (PGA-OA) (range 0-100, higher score indicates better outcome)

Step Up TestChange from baseline to 12 weeks

number of step ups completed in 15 seconds

Stair Climbing Test (SCT)Change from baseline to 12 weeks

Time taken to go up and down a flight of stairs (sec)

Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)Change from baseline to 12 weeks

Short Physical Performance Battery total score. This is a functional test where several different activities (e.g., balance, walking, getting up from a chair) are performed and scored by the examiner. The total score is the sum of scores across all of the activities. Range is 0-12. Higher scores reflect better physical function.

6-minute Walk Test (6MWT)Change from baseline to 12 weeks

distance covered walking in 6 minutes (m)

5-time Sit to Stand (5STS)Change from baseline to 12 weeks

time taken to complete 5 chair stands (sec)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Boston University

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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