Impact of hidrotherapy and dry land exercises in daily activities and quality of life of older people with knee osteoarthritis
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- osteoarthrosisC05.550.114.606
- Registration Number
- RBR-5zpphs
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade do Sagrado Coração
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Volunteers diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis; both genders; age above 60 years.
Exclusion Criteria
Volunteers with severe cardiac and respiratory diseases; fibromyalgia; epilepsy; knee replacement or hip; inability to walk independently; otitis; sores on the skin; mycoses; hydrophobia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Increased flexibility through Wells test (around 5 cm), improved functional capacity through the TUG test / Timed Up and Go (mean time less than 10 seconds), reductions in scores on the WOMAC index / Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (from 20 to 30 points in most volunteers) and quality of life assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF (between 70-80% in physical, mental and social domains) in both exercises after completion programs of interventions. In the control group it is expected that there are no changes in the values of any variable analyzed.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The results in both intervention groups are statistically better (considering p <0.05) than the control group, the following variables: pain, stiffness and function assessed by WOMAC index, flexibility through bank Wells, dynamic balance by means the TUG and quality of life analyzed by WHOQOL-Bref after the end of treatment.