Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Completed

NCT Number: NCT01850862

Progressive Collective-exercise Program on the Knee Osteoarthritis

The investigators hypothesized that an eight-week collective group exercise program would improve pain, quality of life and functional capacity in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) compared with those receiving no exercise intervention.

Completed

Looking for future studies?

Notify Me

Key information

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis Arthritis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis, Knee Rheumatic Diseases

Age range

50 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • symptomatic and moderate to severe medical diagnostic of KOA.
  • Subjects with normal cognitive functions and no restriction to perform physical activities were recruited from the hospital's KOA database and eligible to participate if they had presented: Lequesne questionnaire criteria (5 - 13.5), knee pain score between 3 and 7 (on a 0 -10 Visual Analogue Scale), stable doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and no regular physical exercise or use of canes in the months prior to the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Symptomatic heart disease; symptomatic disease of the lower limbs (other than KOA); symptomatic lung disease; severe systemic disease; severe psychiatric illness; regular physical exercise (three or more times per week for at least 3 months); drug injection in the knee in the previous 3 months; physiotherapy on the lower limbs in the previous 3 months and absence in two consecutive training sessions or three nonconsecutive sessions

Treatment and study plan

Collective group exercise program in patients with KOA

Other

Orientation (without exercise)

Other

Orientation about osteoarthritis disease but without any exercise program

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain

    Time frame: Eight weeks

    pain assessed by Visual Analogue Scale

Secondary outcomes

  1. quality of life

    Time frame: Eight weeks

    quality of life assessed by SF-36 questionnaire

Other outcomes

  1. functional capacity

    Time frame: Eight weeks

    functional capacity assessed by Lequesne questionnaire and functional tests.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
May 10, 2013
Registry last updated
May 16, 2013

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Related clinical trials

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.