8-weeks Hydrotherapy Intervention in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 34
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in pain pressure threshold
研究概览
简要总结
Knee osteoarthritis is a common condition characterized by pain and functional disability in older people. Prevalence increases with age and is more frequent in older women. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of an 8-weeks hydrotherapy training with elastic bands on pain and functional disability in old people with knee osteoarthritis.
详细描述
The main symptoms of knee osteoarthritis are pain and functional disability. These symptoms are caused by a progressive loss and deterioration of articular cartilage with reactive new bone formation at the joint's surface and margins involving articular cartilage, soft tissues and bone damage. Many treatment programs have been developed, including medication with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physical modalities, and therapeutic exercises. It is hypothesized that a hydrotherapy treatment during 8 weeks would benefit patients with knee osteoarthritis.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •confirmed clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
排除标准
- •total knee arthroplasty
- •inability to co-operate or follow instructions.
- •a major neurological disorder
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in pain pressure threshold
时间窗: baseline, 8 weeks
The pain pressure threshold is defined as the minimum amount of pressure necessary to induce pain or tenderness . It was measured using a pressure algometer (Somedic AB, Sweden), which is a device with a 1 cm diameter rubber disc at the end on quadriceps muscle.
次要结局
- Dual task(baseline, 8 weeks)
- Functional ability(baseline, 8 weeks)
- Changes in lower extremity strength(baseline, 8 weeks)
- Changes in balance(baseline, 8 weeks)
研究者
Marie Carmen Valenza
assistant professor
Universidad de Granada