Why does Good Living with Arthritis Denmark ( GLA:D®) work? A pilot study investigating the link between biomechanical factors and a successful outcome following a movement retraining program for knee osteoarthritis.

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Completed

• Conditions: Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Knee osteoarthritis; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000569707
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Canberra

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-04-13
• Study Completion: 2023-04-28
• Last Update Posted: 9 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 33

Inclusion Criteria

1. Joint problems from the knee that have resulted in contact with the health care system
2. Clinical diagnosis of knee OA
3. Over age 45, movement-related knee pain, morning stiffness < 30 minutes and any
of the following crepitus, restricted movement or bony enlargements

Exclusion Criteria

1. Primary joint problems due to other reasons, for example, tumour, inflammatory joint disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, and sequelae after hip fracture
2. Other symptoms that are more pronounced than the osteoarthritis problems, for example chronic, generalized pain or fibromyalgia
3. Does not understand English (questionnaire and education sessions for GLAD Australia)
4. The index knee (most symptomatic knee) has undergone total knee replacement surgery.
5. Inability to comply with the requirements of both the GLA:D program and the pilot study
Inability to attend 3-month follow up.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in knee joint loads (KAM, KAM impulse and KFM) following an 8 week education and exercise program (composite measure)<br>Procedure for measurement of joint reaction forces and joint moments will be conducted in the biomechanics lab at University of Canberra using VICON system, three AMTI force plate and 12 infrared VICON MX-40 cameras operating at 200HZ. 11.Data extraction and normalising will be performed using TempNormGUI, a custom written software script for MATLAB (MathWorks, USA). 3D joint moments will be calculated using inverse dynamics. [ Baseline and 8 weeks post-intervention commencement ]