The effect of continues and every another day physical therapy on pain and function in subjects with knee osteoarthritis.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified

Registration Number: IRCT20171017036837N1

Lead Sponsor: Vice Chancellery of Research and Technology

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with primary knee osteoarthritis
Having criteria of knee osteoarthritis according to American college of rheumatology
Patients with grade 2 or 3 Kellgren-lawrence scale of moderate knee osteoarthritis
Age more than 40 years
Not being in the acute phase of the disease
Able to write and read
Men and women with moderate knee osteoarthritis
Body mass index less than 35

Exclusion Criteria

Systemic rheumatoid arthritis
Secondary knee osteoarthritis
Active knee synovitis
Severe knee trauma
Surgery intervention on knee during 1 year ago
Intra-articular injection of corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid for at least the last 6 months
Performing a physiotherapy treatment in the last 3 months
Taking of Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug from a week before entering the study
Musculoskeletal disorders in lower extrimities
Disorders in lumbopelvic and hip region
Bilateral involvement of knees which one of them is grade 4 Kellgren-lawrence scale

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain. Timepoint: One day before the intervention and at the tenth session after the end of the treatment plan. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Function. Timepoint: One day before the intervention and at the tenth session after the end of the treatment plan. Method of measurement: Get up and go test.;Pain. Timepoint: One day before the intervention and at the tenth session after the end of the treatment plan. Method of measurement: Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score.;Pain. Timepoint: One day before the intervention and at the tenth session after the end of the treatment plan. Method of measurement: Intermittent and constant osteoarthritis pain.;Function. Timepoint: One day before the intervention and at the tenth session after the end of the treatment plan. Method of measurement: Six minute walk test.;Function. Timepoint: One day before the intervention and at the tenth session after the end of the treatment plan. Method of measurement: Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score.

Secondary Outcome Measures