Effectiveness of muscle strengthening exercises on knee osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Conditions: Osteoarthritis of knee.
Osteoarthritis of knee

Registration Number: IRCT20220206053950N2

Lead Sponsor: Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with knee osteoarthritis (grades I-III in the Kellgren-Lawrence score)
Patients aged 40-70 years
Patients who had pain, morning stiffness of shorter than 30 minutes, or knee crepitus.

Exclusion Criteria

Concomitant involvement with musculoskeletal diseases other than knee osteoarthritis in one or both knees within the last 6 months
A history of knee joint surgery
Intra-articular injection of corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid in the knee joints within the past 30 days
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or glucosamine intake within the last 30 days
Participation in the muscle-strengthening programs for the knee joint within the last 6 months

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Score of knee pain on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and 8 weeks after the initiation of the exercise therapy. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).;Score of knee physical function on the Western Ontario and McMaster (WOMAC) Index. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and 8 weeks after the initiation of the exercise therapy. Method of measurement: Western Ontario and McMaster (WOMAC) Index.;Score of knee morning stiffness on the Western Ontario and McMaster (WOMAC) Index. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and 8 weeks after the initiation of the exercise therapy. Method of measurement: Western Ontario and McMaster (WOMAC) Index.

Secondary Outcome Measures