Education plus exercise versus advice for individuals who have ankle osteoarthritis: is a clinical trial feasible?
- Conditions
- Ankle osteoarthritisMusculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000017628
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
a) Aged over 35 years
b) Ankle joint pain on most days for the last 3 months
c) Severity of pain in the last week greater than or equal to 3 out of 10 on an 11-point numerical rating scale (NRS) anchored with ‘no pain’ at 0 and ‘worst pain imaginable’ at 10
d) Modified Kellgren & Lawrence scale osteoarthritis grade greater than or equal to 2 at the subtalar and/or talocrural joints as determined by assessment of radiographs and defined as presence of osteophytes and/or joint space narrowing
e) Committed to undergo the allocated treatment and undertake all follow up outcome measurements
f) Able to understand verbal and written English
a) Health problems or pain elsewhere that are more concerning than that at the ankle
b) Received exercise and/or education-based treatment for ankle osteoarthritis in the last 3 months
c) Previous ankle arthrodesis or total ankle replacement
d) Neurological, vestibular or systemic arthritic conditions
e) Receiving treatment for cancer
f) Inability to undertake radiographic evaluations (e.g. pregnancy) and/or participate in the treatment program
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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