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NCT Number: NCT06130774

Effects of Retro-walking in Patients With Knee OA

Osteoarthritis is degenerative joint disease that cause deterioration of the articular cartilage and neighboring tissue and lead to osteophyte formation, weakening of surrounding muscles, ligamentous laxity and inflammation of synovium. Diagnosis can be made based on history and clinical features and risk factors including age, sex, body mass index , absence of whole leg pain, fixed flexion deformity, absence of traumatic event, restricted flexion range of motion, pain in descending stairs, palpable effusion and crepitus. Confirmation is usually based on radiological finding according to Kellgren and Lawrence diagnostic scale . Radio graphic changes of osteoarthritis of the knee are bilateral in 85% of patients .

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Key information

Conditions

Osteo Arthritis Knee Arthritis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Osteoarthritis Rheumatic Diseases

Age range

40 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Riphah international hospital Sihala

Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, 46000, Pakistan

About this study

Knee pain is a major symptom of knee osteoarthritis (OA) that lead to stiffness, and capsular contracture along with muscle spasm. Decreased flexibility of muscles reduces the joint range of motion and thus contributes to increase in the stiffness of the joint lead to physical disability in persons with knee OA.Eighty percent of persons with knee OA experience pain and 25% struggle to perform activities of daily living.) Retro-walking is sometimes referred to as backward walking, has been thought to be used already for several decades in China, Japan and Europe to get a physical workout, improve sport performance, promote balance and also to stay mentally fit .

In fact in Europe, they have races which vary from sprints to the 26.2 miles marathon.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Unilateral Knee OA .
  • Kellgren-Lawrence grading (grade 1 and 2)
  • Participants fulfilling three out of the six clinical criteria listed by the American College of Rheumatology The criteria are Age >40 years, Morning stiffness lasting <30 mins. Crepitus with active motion, Bony tenderness, Bony enlargement and No warmth to touch and diagnosed to have knee OA
  • Pain more than 6 weeks

Exclusion criteria

  • Trauma or surgery in the last 6 months.
  • Hip, knee, and foot deformities.
  • Stroke and other neurovascular issues.
  • Severe pain (greater than 7 in NPRS)
  • Difficulty in walking for 10 min continuously.
  • Obesity (body mass index greater than 25 kg/m2 )
  • Osteoporosis
  • Patients having any systemic joint pathology, inflammatory joint disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, psoriatic arthritis).
  • Patients who had any neurological deficit, myelopathy any mental illness.

Treatment and study plan

Retro walking and conventional

Other

Patient will start retro walking with first he/she will raise his/her one foot with toe off first then heel will be off from ground. swing phase of same leg would be done in backward direction with flexion on knee and extension will be performed on hip. Then patient will place the same foot on ground behind the other foot, with toe touch first on ground, and so this way patient would continue his retro-walk for 20 minutes

Conventional Therapy

Other

Hot pack in supine lying (10min) TENS (10min ) Tibiofemoral mobilization (grade 1,2 ,3) (10rep) Static quadriceps exercise in supine (10rep x 3sec x2set) hip abduction in side lying(10repx 2set) knee bending exercise in prone lying ( 10rep x 2set) Hamstring stretch in supine ( 10 rep x 2 set)

Primary outcomes

  1. NPRS

    Time frame: six weeks

    The NPRS is a segmented numeric version of the visual analog scale (VAS) in which a respondent selects a whole number (0-10 integers) that best reflects the intensity of his/her pain. NPRS exhibited moderate reliability

  2. WOMAC

    Time frame: six weeks

    The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) is a widely used, proprietary set of standardized questionnaires used by health professionals to evaluate the condition of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip, including pain, stiffness, and physical functioning of the joints. Higher scores indicate worse pain, stiffness, and functional limitations. The WOMAC measures five items for pain (score range 0-20), two for stiffness (score range 0-8), and 17 for functional limitation (score range 0-68),

  3. Calcon Calculator

    Time frame: six weeks

    To calculate your walking stride length, divide the number of steps you took by two and divide that number into the measured distance. If it took you 18 steps to cover 21 feet, divide the number of steps (18) by 2 to get the number of strides. Then take the answer (9) and divide it into the distance. Distance in feet/number of strides = stride length. In this case, you took nine strides in 22 feet, so your stride length would be 2.4 feet. For step length divide the number of steps into the measured distance. Distance in feet/number of steps = step length.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Riphah International University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Retro-walking in Knee OA Along With Conventional Therapy

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Nov 14, 2023
Registry last updated
Mar 5, 2024

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