Immediate Effects Of Alliance Therapy In Modulation Of Pain And Disability In Subjects With Knee Osteoarthritis

Knee Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Immediate Effects Of Alliance Therapy In Modulation Of Pain And Disability In Subjects With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03928054
• Other study ID #: Robson Massi
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

INTRODUCTION: The Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of joint disease, its features include joint space narrowing, osteophytes formation of the joint margins, motor deficit, reduced strength, and persistent pain. As a treatment option physiotherapy has several resources for the patient approach. However, the effect of treatment is not only the application of therapeutic techniques and resources but also to existing contextual factors such as the therapeutic alliance. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of an intervention with the focus on positive therapeutic alliance in subjects OA knee on pain and disability. METHODS: This is a randomized study of two arms with a blind evaluator. 40 subjects were randomized into 2 groups: group 1 "Kinesio Taping® KT" group 2 " Kinesio Taping® with therapeutic alliance KT+AT". Both groups received the application of Kinesio Taping® method as the concepts of the original method. The group "KT+AT" session was conducted in order to increase the relationship between the therapist and the patient.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with both sexes from 40 to 80 years old

• who underwent imaging examination evidencing grade II or III knee osteoarthritis according to the Kellgren and Lawrence classification

• who were referred to the physiotherapy service by a physician.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are unable to walk

• with a history of cancer

• associated neurological diseases

• morbid obesity

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthritis
• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Intervention

Other:
• Kinesio Taping and therapeutic alliance
bandage used in the treatment of orthopedic diseases and the technique of therapeutic approach in the known patient with therapeutic alliance

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Claudio Cazarini Júnior	Sao Paulo	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (1)

Lawrence RC, Felson DT, Helmick CG, Arnold LM, Choi H, Deyo RA, Gabriel S, Hirsch R, Hochberg MC, Hunder GG, Jordan JM, Katz JN, Kremers HM, Wolfe F; National Arthritis Data Workgroup. Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part II. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jan;58(1):26-35. doi: 10.1002/art.23176. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity: VAS	Pain intensity was assessed using a visual analogic scale (VAS) of 11 items (0 to 10) (22), in which the patient measured the intensity of pain, with 0 = "no pain" and 10 = "worst possible pain	12 weeks