Efficacy of Virtual Reality Based Exercise Regimes on Kinesiophobia, Pain and Functional Disability in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Foundation University Islamabad

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthristis

Treatments: Procedure: Conventional Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthriths; Procedure: Virtual Reality-Based Therapeutic Exercise regimes

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05777421

FUI/CTR/2023/5

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee Osteoarthritis is one of the most prevalent degenerative conditions in Pakistan. Although a variety of Physical therapy treatments have been proven to be beneficial in patients with early stages of knee Osteoarthritis. However, a few secondary impairments like Kinesiophobia which is the fear of movement have been unaddressed. Usually after conventional physical therapy, patients find immediate or short-term relief and that leads to cessation of follow up sessions. In situations like these, kinesiophobia is the greatest threat to mobility and can eventually effect quality of life by decreasing functional disability.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with unilateral knee OA involving mediolateral compartment
• Knee OA grade 2
• Aged 40-65 years
• Both Male and Female
• NPRS value greater than

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with history of
• History of systemic disorder (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis).
• History of malignancy.
• History of trauma.
• Previous knee surgery.
• Congenital musculoskeletal deformity (e.g., scoliosis, kyphosis).
• Patients with history of fracture
• Patients with history of Chondropatella Malacia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional Physical Therapy Regime for Knee Osteoarthrithis

Active Comparator group

Description:

Pt will receive conventional therapy targeting stretching and stretching of knee musculature in combination with electrotherapy for pain modulation. Frequency : 2-3 times for a duration of 6 weeks Pt will be guided home plan based exercises.

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthriths

Virtual reality Based Therapeutic Exercise Regimes

Experimental group

Description:

VR-based therapeutic exercise regimes utilizing Xbox, that focus on different activities like Partial squatting, lunges, side lunge, calf raises, and hamstring curls. Gaming exercises begin will an easy warm up round and get challenging with different rounds of each game as the patient progresses to week 6. Frequency: 2-3 times for a duration for 6 weeks Pt will be guided home plan based exercises

Treatment:

Procedure: Virtual Reality-Based Therapeutic Exercise regimes