Stick Versus Quadricep Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis

Prince of Songkla University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Boonme stick exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01017445

EC 50/369-011

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to compare the efficacy between Boonme stick exercise and quadriceps strengthening exercise in knee osteoarthritis.Patients diagnosed as knee osteoarthritis using Altman criteria will be randomized into 2 groups using simple random technique. Patients will be instructed and trained for both quadriceps or Boonme stick exercise by one-trained physical therapist. All patients will be treated with behavioral modification, NSAIDs and analgesic drugs and regularly follow-up . Assessment included visual analogue scale, exercise compliance, WOMAC and patient satisfaction were done by an assessor in a blinded fashion.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• knee osteoarthritis using Altman criteria

Exclusion criteria

• problem of communication ability

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Quadricep strengthening exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Quadricep strengthening exercise

Treatment:

Other: Boonme stick exercise