Effect of internet mediated physiotherapy and pain coping skills training on pain and physical function in people with persistent knee pain - IMPACT trial

The University of Melbourne0 个研究点目标入组 148 人开始时间: 2014年3月7日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•Aged 50 years and over
•Persistent knee pain for more than 3 months and for most days of the past month
•Self-reported average walking pain level over the past week of equal to or greater than 4 out of 10 on a numeric rating scale
•WOMAC physical function score of >20 (at least mild-moderate dysfunction)
•Current email address and access to a computer with broadband internet connection
•Able to commit approximately 12 months to the study and willing to do regular home exercises and pain coping skills training practice if allocated to the combined intervention or education only groups.

•Have had or on the waiting list for a knee or hip joint replacement on the painful knee side
•Have had or are planning knee joint surgery, intra-articular injection therapy on the painful knee within the past/next 6 months
•Have seen a health practitioner and had treatment (e.g. physiotherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, acupuncture etc) for knee pain, or participated in a muscle strengthening exercise program or a pain coping skills program, in the past 6 months
•Systemic arthritic condition
•Any neurological conditions such as a stroke, Multiple sclerosis, polio, neuropathy, peripheral nerve disease or Parkinson’s disease that affects the lower-limb and limits the ability to exercise safely
•Any other major joint pain (e.g. back, hip or ankle) that currently limits the ability to exercise
•Self-reported high-level depression (score of >21 on the depression subscale of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)
•People without a good level of written and spoken English

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