Effectiveness of Cane in Osteoarthritis (OA) Patients

NCT ID: NCT00698412

Last Updated: 2008-06-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-01-31

Study Completion Date

2007-07-31

Brief Summary

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Sixty four participants were enrolled in a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of daily cane use on pain, function, quality of life and energy consumption during the gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Detailed Description

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Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Conditions

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Knee Osteoarthritis

Keywords

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Knee osteoarthritis Daily cane use Pain Function Quality of life Energy consumption during the gait

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Cane group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cane

Intervention Type DEVICE

This group use the cane every day since the baseline

2

Control Group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Cane

This group use the cane every day since the baseline

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Primary Knee osteoarthritis (ACR criteria)
* VAS for knee pain between 3 and 7
* No changes the NSAID intake or physical activity in the previous 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Symptomatic heart or pulmonary disease
* Severe systemic disease
* Other symptomatic disease in the lower limb or in the upper limb that will carry the cane
* Joint injection in the previous 3 months
* PT in the previous 3 months
* Previously cane use
* Start regular physical activity in the last month
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Federal University of São Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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UNIFESP - Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo

Principal Investigators

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Anamaria Jones, PT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Federal University of São Paulo

Jamil Natour, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Federal University of São Paulo

Locations

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Federal University of Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

References

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Jones A, Silva PG, Silva AC, Colucci M, Tuffanin A, Jardim JR, Natour J. Impact of cane use on pain, function, general health and energy expenditure during gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Feb;71(2):172-9. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.140178. Epub 2011 Nov 29.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22128081 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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UNIFESP-102/2004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id