Simple Home-Based Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Knee
• Interventions: Behavioral: Standing balance exercise; Behavioral: Isometric knee extension exercise

• Registration Number: NCT00687726
• Lead Sponsor: Srinakharinwirot University

Brief Summary

1. Simple home-based standing balance training and isometric knee extension exercise for 4 weeks would improve functional ability and knee muscle strength of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

2. The outcome of standing balance training is different from isometric knee extension exercise.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-05
• Primary Completion: 2007-08
• Study Completion: 2008-02
• Status Verified: 2008-05
• Study First Submitted: 2008-05-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-05-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-05-28
• Study First Posted: 2008-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 2008-06-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical criteria for knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria

• cardiovascular disease
• Parkinsonism
• osteoporosis
• inability to walk for 15 meters
• intra-articular injections

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
G1	Standing balance exercise	Standing balance and mini squat training
G2	Isometric knee extension exercise	Isometric knee extension exercise

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee osteoarthritis outcome scores (KOOS)	4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee muscle peak torque	4 weeks
Aggregate functional performance time	4 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Health Science, Srinakharinwirot University; 🇹🇭 Ongkharak, Nakhonnayok, Thailand