The Effect of Medical Exercise Therapy on Pain, Function and Physical Activity in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, Knee Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Medical Exercise Therapy on Pain, Function and Physical Activity in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02905747
• Other study ID #: 2016/872
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2016
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the project is to investigate effects of medical exercise therapy (MET) on patients with knee osteoarthritis. MET is a common physical therapy intervention, and the project aim to strengthen the evidence of this intervention. An experimental cohort design is chosen, and 20 participants will be followed for 6 months. Assessments will be clinical tests, questionnaires and accelerometer measurements before, during, and after a 3 month period of exercise (3 days per week) with a physical therapist. The project will answer if a 3 month physical therapy intervention using MET causes changes in pain level, function and activity level for patients with knee osteoarthritis. In addition, it will investigate whether a single global endurance workout for 30 minutes will have an effect on pain level for these patients

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 45 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• x-ray verified knee osteoarthritis (Kellegren & Lawrence grade I-III)

• Loss of function and withstanding pain >3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• physical therapy treatment during the last 3 months

• knee injury

• inflammatory arthritis

• symptoms from the hip joints greater than the knee pain

• planned knee surgery the next 6 months

• heart and lung disorders or other health issues affecting the ability to complete the intervention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Medical Exercise Therapy
physiotherapy intervention with Medical exercise therapy (MET) during 3 months

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	NTNU	Trondheim

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pain	visual analog scale	6 months
Primary	Activity level	Accelerometer	6 months
Primary	Function	30 second chair stand test	6 months