A comparison of high versus low intensity exercise for symptoms of knee and hip osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoarthritis; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000655246
• Lead Sponsor: Griffith University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-04-24
• Study Completion: 2018-06-11
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

Apparently healthy men and women
- Age 50+ years
- Hip or knee osteoarthritis based on medical records and/or on results from the WOMAC questionnaire. Participants were eligible if they scored at least one item in two different subdomains of WOMAC with a 2 (moderate symptoms)

Exclusion Criteria

-walking aids
-malignancy or receiving radiation or chemotherapy
-current regular physical activity that includes strength training or intention to start any kind of exercise program during the 6-month study period
-medications known to affect bone health (e.g. bisphosphonates, denosumab, hormone therapy, vitamin D injections)
-conditions know to influence bone health (e.g. Paget’s disease)
-conditions prevention completion of either exercise program (e.g. spinal cord injury, nerve disorder, uncontrolled cardiovascular disease)
-inability or unwillingness to attend the supervised training program or the home program if assigned
-planned absence (e.g. holidays) of more than two weeks during the 6-month study period.
- three or more ionising radiation exposures in the previous 12 months (exceptions apply see below)
Participants who have had three or more x-ray examinationionising radiation exposures in the previous 12 months and wish to volunteer for the study regardless before enrolmentmust have to si sign an additional consent formstatement, confirming that they recognise and consent to the requirement agree to undergo baseline and follow-up DXA scanning in spite of other recent ionising radiation-based scanning exposure

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified