Effects of taping in pain and function of patients with knee arthrosis: a blind randomised clinical trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritisC05.550.114.606.500
- Registration Number
- RBR-54pbt6
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
74 Adult patients (18 from 80 years) referred AACD - Lar Escola São Francisco diagnosed with moderate knee osteoarthritis and agree to participate in the study according to the term informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with rheumatic diseases associated; orthopedic surgery of the lower limbs; prior injections of steroids in the past six months; obesity (BMI> 35);allergy to components of physiotherapy; those who underwent physiotherapy in the last six months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome : pain<br>The level of pain pain is measured by Visual Analogue Scale that it is a graduated scale ranging from 0 to 10 , where the higher the number , the higher is the level of pain . This scale will be applied by<br>by an independent observer blind , at baseline ( pre-intervention ) after four and eight weeks of treatment.<br>It is expected that the application of banding associated with the exercise program ( intervention group ) provides pain relief of at least 5 % compared with the control group, which only perform the therapy based exercise program.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome : function<br>Functional capacity will be assessed by WOMAC questionnaire containing 17 questions about the degree of difficulty in performing activities of daily living .<br>The questionnaire will be applied<br>by an independent observer blind , at baseline ( pre-intervention ) and after eight weeks of treatment. It is expected that the use of banding associated with the exercise program ( intervention group ) provide patients better functional outcomes ( at least 5% ) compared with control patients , which performs the same therapy exercises, but without the additional use of bandage.