Status:
COMPLETED
Progressive Collective-exercise Program on the Knee Osteoarthritis
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Conditions:
Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01850862
Start Date
June 1 2011
End Date
November 1 2011
Last Update
May 16 2013
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Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 59072-970