Effect of Osteopathic treatment for patients with knee Arthrosis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Knee OsteoarthritisC05.550
- Registration Number
- RBR-8wd82p8
- Lead Sponsor
- Instituto Docusse de Osteopatia e Terapia Manual
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
To be included in this study, participants must be over 40 years-old; medical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis; pain for more than three months; have at least one of the following symptoms: limited range of motion, crepitus, difficulty/pain when going up and down stairs, walking, standing up or sitting in a chair
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria for the present study are history of knee surgery; presence of rheumatoid arthritis; initiation of opioid analgesia or intervention with corticosteroid injection or analgesic for knee pain within the last 30 days; inability to understand and complete study assessments or comply with study instructions; neurological diseases that could influence the investigated outcomes (e.g., stroke)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find a reduction in knee pain of approximately 20 millimeters assessed using an analogue pain scale from 0 to 100 millimeters.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find an increase in quadriceps femoris activation of approximately 20% as assessed by surface electromyography.;It is expected to find an increase in knee range of motion of approximately 10 degrees assessed by means of a goniometer.;It is expected to find an increase in the strength of the knee extensors of approximately 20 kgf evaluated with a manual dynamometer.