Simple Home-Based Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis

Srinakharinwirot University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Behavioral: Isometric knee extension exercise; Behavioral: Standing balance exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00687726

056/2547

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. Simple home-based standing balance training and isometric knee extension exercise for 4 weeks would improve functional ability and knee muscle strength of patients with knee osteoarthritis.
2. The outcome of standing balance training is different from isometric knee extension exercise.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical criteria for knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

• cardiovascular disease
• Parkinsonism
• osteoporosis
• inability to walk for 15 meters
• intra-articular injections

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

G1

Experimental group

Description:

Standing balance and mini squat training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standing balance exercise

G2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Isometric knee extension exercise

Treatment:

Behavioral: Isometric knee extension exercise