The influence of collagen hydrolysate on functional knee discomforts
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pain in the limbs: Knee joint
- Registration Number
- DRKS00006755
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinik Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
Functional Knee complaints in terms of acute or chronic pain symptoms
-No Acute traumatic injury of the knee
-No Regard to knee osteoarthritis
-No Regard to inflammatory (rheumatic/bacterial/ viral) etiology of pain symptoms
Exclusion Criteria
- Primary knee joint disease (osteoarthritis, rheumatic or bacterial / viral inflammation)
- Known hypersensitivity to the supplement
- Intraarticular injections (cortisol, hyaluronic acid, etc.) in the last 6 months
- Taking supplements such as glucosamine or chondroitin in the last 6 months
- Intake of collagen hydrolysate in the past 6 months
- Extreme pain symptoms,that need the high-dose analgesic therapy over a longer period of time (> 2 weeks) or an intra-articular injection treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method change in pain intensity during exercise after 12 weeks of supplementation, which is assessed using a visual analogue scale (VAS) by the study participants and a licensed physician.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method decrease in pain at rest assessed by the study participant using a VAS, the change in the knee joint mobility as well as the use of other therapeutic measures against the functional knee pain after 12 weeks of supplementation