Influence of Whole Body Vibration Compared to Conventional Physiotherapy in Patients With Gonarthrosis

University of Cologne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Behavioral: Conventional physiotherapy; Behavioral: Whole body vibration

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01037972

Galileo

2009-017617-29 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

40 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee will be randomly assigned to conventional physiotherapy on the one and whole body vibration exercises on the other hand. The duration of the training will be 6 weeks, three times a week.

The outcome will be measured by WOMAC and SF-12 scores relating to pain and quality of life. The second outcome criteria will be a motion analysis and balance testing before and after the training.

The follow-up is 26 weeks.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 30-80 years old
• WOMAC 30-70 mm (VAS)
• Gonarthrosis (Kellgren/Lawrence) II-III

Exclusion criteria

• WOMAC >70 mm (VAS)
• Endoprosthesis in lower extremity
• BMI >40 kg/m2

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Whole body vibration

Treatment:

Behavioral: Whole body vibration

Conventional physiotherapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Conventional physiotherapy