Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Strength Training in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Universidade Gama Filho

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: ECR; Other: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01360281

CAAE00780312000-10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficiency of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and of resisted exercises on increasing quadriceps strength, decreasing pain and on recovering motor function of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Enrollment: 34 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 38+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American College of rheumatology criterion for osteoarthritis diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• Patients that have done knee replacement or are about to do.
• Patients with health conditions that are not compatible with the interventions
• Patients that have done intraarticular corticoid

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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34 participants in 3 patient groups

ECR

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: ECR

Control

No Intervention group

NMES

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation