View clinical trials related to Knee Osteoarthritis.
Filter by:Knee osteoarthritis produces degeneration and joint wear that greatly affects the patient's proprioceptive system increasing instability. After total knee arthroplasty intervention, it is recommended that the patient performs a rehabilitation procedure to minimize deficits caused by surgery. In this job it is essential to insist on the importance of recovering balance after total knee arthroplasty intervention, and assess a specifically designed protocol to restore its function. An intervention which includes a dynamometric platform as a training method was proposed. The randomized clinical trial compared a control group that performed balance exercises on parallel bars, unstable plates, ramps and stairs against an experimental group that included dynamometric platforms training as a differentiator.
Osteoarthritis of the knee (KOA) is the most common cause of disability in older adults. Osteoarthritis involves a loss of cartilage, which acts like a cushion between the bones as well as changes in the bones of joints. Once the joint cartilage is gone, the body does not produce new cartilage. Joint damage can contribute to pain. Currently, treatment for pain associated with knee osteoarthritis includes exercise. However, exercise at a medium- to high-intensity level can be problematic for people with knee pain. Because exercise is a common treatment for knee pain but many people experience pain during exercise, researchers hope to find a safer and more effective exercise method to strengthen the muscles around the knee. Both aerobic exercise and resistance exercise are recommended for the treatment of people with knee pain. However, pain can be a barrier to participating in exercise at a moderate or vigorous intensity. Electrical stimulation of muscles holds potential to allow effective exercise to be completed at tolerable intensities. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is the use of very low electric currents produced by a device to stimulate the nerves, to treat pain. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) uses low electrical current to cause muscles to contract. By doing this study, the investigators hope to learn if a hybrid training system (HTS), using a combination of NMES and walking, is effective in strengthening muscles in people with knee pain, aching or stiffness. In this pilot study, the investigators will use walking with TENS as conventional exercise. Randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effect of walking augmented by HTS with walking without HTS. The investigators will evaluate the relative advantages of training that combines HTS with conventional walking exercise on the improvement of muscle strength, physical function, and pain relief in obese women with frequent knee symptoms. Study Hypotheses: Compared with walking with sensory TENS, walking with HTS will: - 1 increase quadriceps muscle strength. - 2 decrease knee pain. Exploratory Hypotheses: - 3 improve physical function. - 4 increase PPT (improve central sensitization). - 5 improve self-reported quality of life.
This study is a 2X2 factorial randomized trial that will the examine the comparative effectiveness of two patient decision aids for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) as well as the impact of a surgeon-focused intervention.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of functional knee brace in the subjects with medial compartment knee OA.
The investigators have created an interactive knee osteoarthritis (OA) risk calculator that estimates a user's risk of developing symptomatic knee OA as well as the user's risk for undergoing a total knee replacement (TKR) within their lifetime. To test the impact of the calculator, the investigators recruited OA-free subjects from Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Participants were randomized to either access general information about OA or use the risk calculator in addition to accessing general OA information. The investigators hypothesized that participants randomized to the risk calculator arm would have more accurate perception of their knee OA risk and would have increased willingness to change risky behavior compared to the general OA information group.
This study evaluates the combination of a therapeutic exercise program and dry needling in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis in older adults. Half of participants will receive therapeutic exercise program and dry needling in combination, while the other half will receive the same therapeutic exercise program and sham dry needling.
Adductor canal block has become popular as effective mean for pain relief following knee surgery.This block has not been checked in chronic pain patients.The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of adductor canal block on chronic knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
The aim of the study is determine which method of informed consent improves comprehension in college educated patients in a private practice setting.
Viscosupplementation has been widely used for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). There is no well controlled trial comparing one injection regimen of HA for the treatment of knee OA. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of one intraarticular injection of a novel crosslinked HA (HYAJOINT Plus) with Synvisc-One for the treatment of knee OA.
The primary purpose is to evaluate the level of physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis in a spa treatment and doing epidemiological study about this patient.