Simple Home-Based Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, Knee Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Relationship of Knee Joint Osteoarthritis to Balance and Walking Ability.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00687726
• Other study ID #: 056/2547
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 28, 2008
• Last updated: May 28, 2008
• Start date: May 2006
• Est. completion date: February 2008

Study information

• Verified date: May 2008
• Source: Srinakharinwirot University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Thailand: Ministry of Public Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

1. Simple home-based standing balance training and isometric knee extension exercise for 4 weeks would improve functional ability and knee muscle strength of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

2. The outcome of standing balance training is different from isometric knee extension exercise.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: February 2008
• Est. primary completion date: August 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 50 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical criteria for knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

• cardiovascular disease

• Parkinsonism

• osteoporosis

• inability to walk for 15 meters

• intra-articular injections

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Standing balance exercise
Standing balance and mini squat exercise performed 30 times/day/side, 5 days/week, for 4 weeks.
• Isometric knee extension exercise
Isometric knee extension exercise performed 10 repetitions/set, 3 sets/day, 5 days/week for 4 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Thailand	Faculty of Health Science, Srinakharinwirot University	Ongkharak	Nakhonnayok

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Srinakharinwirot University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Thailand, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knee osteoarthritis outcome scores (KOOS)		4 weeks	No
Secondary	Knee muscle peak torque		4 weeks	No
Secondary	Aggregate functional performance time		4 weeks	No