Study for Rural Innovations in the Delivery of Exercise

NCT ID: NCT04881864

Last Updated: 2021-05-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 15 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-08-01

Brief Summary

: Falls are the primary cause of injury and a leading cause of disability and mortality among older adults. Risk factors for falling are common among older adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) - a highly prevalent condition. Physical exercise is consistently the most efficacious intervention for preventing falls in older adults. However, access to these programs is severely limited in rural settings. Considering that rural communities have a higher disease burden and higher proportion of older adults than non-rural areas, there is a critical need to (1) adapt evidence-based exercise programs for remote delivery to increase access for rural older adults and (2) develop pathways to implement exercise programs in rural health care systems that consistently reach and engage patients with knee OA. Accordingly, the proposed project aims to refine a protocol for remote delivery of Enhance Fitness (EF). EF is an evidence-based, group exercise program involving strength, endurance, and balance training that is recommended for falls prevention and OA management

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Tele-EF

Livestream, instructor-led tele-exercise classes, involving balance, endurance, and strength training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Tele-Enhance Fitness

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Livestream, instructor-led tele-exercise classes, involving balance, endurance, and strength training

Interventions

Tele-Enhance Fitness

Livestream, instructor-led tele-exercise classes, involving balance, endurance, and strength training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Community-dwelling
• English-speaking
• Physician diagnosed knee osteoarthritis
• Knee pain that occurs almost daily for at least the past 3 months and is moderate to severe in intensity
• Knee pain-related difficulty with walking or climbing stairs
• resident of a rural county

Exclusion Criteria

• cognitive impairment determined by a Mini Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of <11
• any of the following in the past 6 months: cancer requiring treatment (except for non- melanoma skin cancer), heart attack, stroke, hip fracture, hip/knee replacement, spinal surgery, heart surgery, deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary embolus; and temporary exclusions
• hospitalization within the last month
• ≥3 falls within the past month

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Kushang Patel

Research Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

STUDY00011517

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id