Prevention, Management and Rehabilitation of Knee Osteoarthritis at the Workplace

National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Knee Pain Chronic; Knee Osteoarthritis; Knee Discomfort

Treatments: Behavioral: Blood flow restriction (BFR); Behavioral: Usual care (control)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05822401

10429

H-22016339 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this intervention study is to assess the effect of blood flow restricted (BFR) exercise integrated into the daily work tasks among hospital workers with or at increased risk of chronic knee pain.

The main questions are:

Can BFR exercise integrated into the daily work tasks reduce knee pain (primary outcome) and improve function and work ability among hospital workers with or at increased risk of chronic knee pain? Participants in the intervention group will for shorts bouts during their workdays integrate BFR into their daily work tasks involving walking, whereas the control group will continue as usual.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hospital workers working at least 20 hours per week with or without chronic knee pain (>3 months)

Exclusion criteria

• Life-threatening disease
• Conditions where BFR training may be contraindicated, e.g. pregnancy, cancer, diabetes, major cardiovascular disease, current, previous or family history of clotting disorders, recent immobilization, major surgery or injections into the joint (i.e. corticosteroid injection)
• Systolic/diastolic blood pressure above 160/100 mmHg

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Blood flow restriction (BFR)

Experimental group

Description:

Blood flow restricted training (BFR) integrated into the daily work tasks for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual care (control)

Behavioral: Blood flow restriction (BFR)

Usual care (control)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Will continue their work as usual

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual care (control)