Effectiveness of Cane in Osteoarthritis (OA) Patients

Federal University of São Paulo

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments

Device: Cane

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00698412

UNIFESP-102/2004

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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

Enrollment

64 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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