Ambulating with osteoarthritis: Validity and reliability of a mobile measuring tool to determine knee load in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Completed

• Conditions: osteoarthritis; degenerative joint disease; 10005942

• Registration Number: NL-OMON39819
• Lead Sponsor: Fontys Paramedische Hogeschool

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1) Age 50 years and older;
2) Diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (radiografically diagnosed or determined according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) guidelines;
3) Ability to understand and read the Dutch language (this with regard to persons' ability to fill out questionnaires).

Exclusion Criteria

1) Unable to walk without the use of walking aids;
2) Additional orthopedic or neurological problems which severely limit person's functioning;
3) Diagnosed with osteoarthritis in the hip;
4) Severe perceptual or cognitive limitations.
5) Cardiac and pulmonairy problems.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The correlation coefficient describing the relation between the knee adduction<br /><br>moment measured with 3D gait analysis and the knee adduction angle as measured<br /><br>with the mobile measuring tool (3D gyroscope).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>N.A.</p><br>