Prehabilitation Physical Activity in Persons With Osteoarthritis (PrehabOA)

University of Tartu

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: therapeutical exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02881463

218/T-16

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) reduces functional mobility and performance of daily tasks such as rising from a chair. Therefore interventions aimed at improving muscle strength and sit-to-stand task performance are very important for these patients. The effect of exercise programs, including home exercise programs (HEP), on muscle strength, joint pain and function is well known and widely researched, yet not many studies have investigated the effect of an HEP on electromyographic activity (EMG) of muscles when performing everyday tasks, such as rising from and sitting on a chair. The aim of this study was to investigate effect of prehabilitation in women with severe knee joint OA scheduled for knee joint arthroplasty (TKA).

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• For OA patients: patients with severe knee joint OA undergoing unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
• for controls: pain of joints more than 20/100 mm by VAS

Exclusion criteria

For both groups:

• previous total joint arthroplasty of lower limbs
• other musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiovascular diseases
• any diseases affecting balance and coordination.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

Home Exercise Program

Experimental group

Description:

8- week therapeutical exercise program performing at home for women with knee joint osteoarthritis

Treatment:

Other: therapeutical exercises