Hydrotherapy Intervention in Elderly With Knee Osteoarthritis

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Control group; Other: Hydrotherapy intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02048956

DF0049UG

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee osteoarthritis is a common condition characterized by pain and functional disability in older people. Prevalence increases with age and is more frequent in older women. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of an 8-weeks hydrotherapy training with elastic bands on pain and functional disability in old people with knee osteoarthritis.

Full description

The main symptoms of knee osteoarthritis are pain and functional disability. These symptoms are caused by a progressive loss and deterioration of articular cartilage with reactive new bone formation at the joint's surface and margins involving articular cartilage, soft tissues and bone damage. Many treatment programs have been developed, including medication with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physical modalities, and therapeutic exercises. It is hypothesized that a hydrotherapy treatment during 8 weeks would benefit patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• confirmed clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

• total knee arthroplasty
• inability to co-operate or follow instructions.
• a major neurological disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Hydrotherapy intervention

Experimental group

Description:

30 people will be recruited in order to the inclusion criteria for the study and they will receive an hydrotherapy intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Hydrotherapy intervention

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

30 people will be recruited and included in this control group. The are not going to receive hydrotherapy treatment, only the treatment they receive as usual.

Treatment:

Other: Control group