Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of a New Knee Brace for Treatment of the Knee Osteoarthritis
Lead Sponsor:
Laval University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec
Conditions:
Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
40+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immediate effects of a knee brace with a new mechanism on the pain and medial knee loading during gait among medial knee osteoarthritis patients. The effec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Symptomatic medial knee OA (Kellgren-Lawrence grade I, II or III) according to clinical and radiological criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
- Knee pain \> 31/100 (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index - WOMAC)
- Moderately active
- Varus knee alignment equal or superior to 2°
Exclusion
- Severe knee OA (K-L grade IV)
- Rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory arthritis
- Avascular necrosis
- History of periarticular fracture or septic arthritis
- Bone metabolic disease
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Cartilaginous disease
- Neuropathic arthropathy
- Synovial osteochondromatosis
- Total or partial knee arthroplasty
- Flexion contracture of ipsi- or contra-lateral knee greater than 15°
- Hip or ankle joint damage with mobility limitation
- Obesity (BMI ≥ 40)
- Intra-articular corticosteroids injection in the affected knee during the two previous months
- Reduced mobility (Charnley class C)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
24 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01866176
Start Date
October 1 2011
End Date
August 1 2013
Last Update
March 6 2014
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Pavillon de l'Éducation Physique et des Sports - Université Laval
Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1V 0A6