My Knee Exercise: a 6 month electronically delivered intervention to support self-management for people with knee osteoarthritis: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoarthritis; Chronic Knee Pain; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001167257
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Melbourne

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-07-13
• Study Completion: 2020-02-03
• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 206

Inclusion Criteria

a) Meet the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) osteoarthritis clinical criteria:
- aged 45 years and over
- activity related knee joint pain
- morning stiffness of 30 minutes or less;

b) History of knee pain on most days for 3 months or more;

c) Overall average knee pain in past week self-rated as equal to or greater than 4 out of 10 on an 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS);

d) Able to give informed consent and to participate fully in the interventions and assessment procedures;

d) Have a mobile phone with text message functioning and be willing to use it during the study to receive and send text messages;

e)Have a home Internet connection and a device that enables access to the Internet.

Exclusion Criteria

·Booked for knee joint replacement surgery;

·Have had a knee joint replacement in the most painful knee;

·Have participated in a structured knee exercise program within the past 6 months;

·Self-reported diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory arthritis;

·Have had a fall within the last 12 months and do not receive clearance from a General Practitioner to participate in an unsupervised home exercise program;

·Are housebound requiring assistance from another person to leave the house in the previous month and do not receive medical clearance from a General Practitioner to participate in an unsupervised home exercise program by a General Practitioner;

·Fail pre-exercise screening (Adult Pre-exercise Screening Questionnaire) and do not receive medical clearance from a General Practitioner to participate in an unsupervised home exercise program;

·Unable to speak or read English;

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified