Effect of Whole Body Vibration Therapy on Pain, Muscle Strength, Balance and Quality of Life in Knee Osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee
• Interventions: Device: Whole Body Vibration; Device: physical therapy modalities

• Registration Number: NCT06542692
• Lead Sponsor: Burak Çetinkaya

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of whole body vibration therapy on knee osteoarthritis. While the participants did static exercise in one group, whole body vibration therapy was applied during static exercise in another group. As a result of 15 sessions of treatment in both groups, the effects on pain, muscle strength, balance and quality of life were compared.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-08-28
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-20
• Study Completion: 2023-12-28
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-19
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• Those who were diagnosed with primary symptomatic knee OA according to ACR criteria,Ages between 35 and 70, Body mass index (BMI) ⩽35, Grade II or III according to Kellgren & Lawrence scale, Patients with persistent symptoms such as pain and stiffness for at least 3 months were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who have had knee surgery before, Those with central nervous system disease (especially epilepsy and serious psychotic disorders), those with a history of acute arthritis, Those with a history of DVT in the last 24 weeks, Those with advanced lung or heart disease (COPD and heart failure), Those diagnosed with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (Rheumatoid arthritis, Spondyloarthropathy, etc.), Patients diagnosed with advanced stage cancer were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
study group	Whole Body Vibration	Whole body vibration therapy added group
study group	physical therapy modalities	Whole body vibration therapy added group
control group	physical therapy modalities	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
muscle strength	3 weeks	isometric muscle strength measurement(knee extension, flexion)
Biodex	3 weeks	Balance test
Short Form 36	3 weeks	A test consisting of 36 questions to assess quality of life
Womac	3 weeks	Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index
visual analog scala	3 weeks	Scale ranging from 0 to 10 points, where 0 points indicate no pain and 10 points indicate maximum pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kocaeli University; 🇹🇷 Kocaeli, Turkey