Effects of Whole-Body Vibration in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthristis

Treatments: Other: Whole-Body Vibration; Other: Control Condition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06662682

RadioSurg1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic joint disease with an impact on quality of life and an increasing incidence what leads to huge costs and burden on the economy.

The present study investigates immediate effects of whole-body vibration on pain, neuromuscular performance, and gait quality in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Eligible patients (n=20) with knee osteoarthritis grade 2 or 3 on Kallgren Lawrence will complete a 5 minute WBV training and a control condition in a randomized order (cross over design). Pain, maximum strength of the leg flexors and extensors, the chair rise test and gait parameters will be measured directly before and after the intervention/control.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• x-ray confirmed knee osteoarthritis (Kallgren-Lawrence 2-3)
• knee pain (NRS 0-10 >2) for 3 months and at least 50% of the last 30 days

Exclusion criteria

• contraindications for WBV (acute injuries of the musculoskeletal system, new joint endoprosthesis, pregnancy, acute thrombosis, Epilepsia, cholecystolithiasis, nephrolithiasis, heart pace maker),
• other pathologies affecting gait or neuromuscular performance (rheumatic
• opioid medications, cortisol medications and intraarticular injections in the knee during the ist 3 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Whole-Body Vibration

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention (IC) will be specified as a five-minute Whole-Body Vibration session.

Treatment:

Other: Whole-Body Vibration

Control Condition

Other group

Description:

The control condition (CC) will conduct the same protocol as the intervention condition. The only difference will be that the vibration plate will be switched off.

Treatment:

Other: Control Condition