Progressive Collective-exercise Program on the Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT ID: NCT01850862

Last Updated: 2013-05-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-06-30

Study Completion Date

2011-11-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Knee Osteoarthritis

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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Collective group exercise program in patients with KOA

Collective exercises program for patients with osteoarthritis and orientation about this disease

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Collective group exercise program in patients with KOA

Intervention Type OTHER

Control group (without exercise)

Orientation about osteoarthritis disease but without any exercise program

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Orientation (without exercise)

Intervention Type OTHER

Orientation about osteoarthritis disease but without any exercise program

Interventions

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Collective group exercise program in patients with KOA

Intervention Type OTHER

Orientation (without exercise)

Orientation about osteoarthritis disease but without any exercise program

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Wouber Hérickson de Brito Vieira

PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Wouber Hérickson de Brito Vieira, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Bento João Abreu, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Locations

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Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

References

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da Silva FS, de Melo FE, do Amaral MM, Caldas VV, Pinheiro IL, Abreu BJ, Vieira WH. Efficacy of simple integrated group rehabilitation program for patients with knee osteoarthritis: Single-blind randomized controlled trial. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52(3):309-22. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.08.0199.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26237073 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CEP-UFRN 530/11

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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