Effects of Exercise Therapy and Soft Brace on Knee Osteoarthritis

University College of Northern Denmark

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Rehabilitation; Knee Brace; Recovery of Function; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Treatment Outcome; Adults; Pain; Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Other: Exercise therapy and education.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03949400

FOU-UU-2018-007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of the study is to investigate the effects of supervised exercise therapy and education on the immediate response to using a soft knee brace in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Full description

Study type: observational Estimated enrollment: 40 participants Observational model: cohort Time perspective: prospective

Inclusion Criteria:

Assigned for exercise and education due to knee osteoarthrosis Age 18 years or older at the time of recruitment Able to read and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

Not mentally able to reply to the questionnaire

Patients are tested with and without the brace before starting the exercise therapy and education program and re-tested with and without the brace after completing the treatment program (6 weeks) and again at 12 weeks.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Assigned for exercise and education due to knee osteoarthrosis Age 18 years or older at the time of recruitment Able to read and understand Danish

Exclusion criteria

Not mentally able to reply to the questionnaire

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

Patients diagnosed with knee OA

Description:

Patients diagnosed with knee OA and assigned to undergo exercise therapy and education.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise therapy and education.