The Effect of Medical Exercise Therapy on Pain, Function and Physical Activity in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments

Behavioral: Medical Exercise Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02905747

2016/872

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the project is to investigate effects of medical exercise therapy (MET) on patients with knee osteoarthritis. MET is a common physical therapy intervention, and the project aim to strengthen the evidence of this intervention. An experimental cohort design is chosen, and 20 participants will be followed for 6 months. Assessments will be clinical tests, questionnaires and accelerometer measurements before, during, and after a 3 month period of exercise (3 days per week) with a physical therapist. The project will answer if a 3 month physical therapy intervention using MET causes changes in pain level, function and activity level for patients with knee osteoarthritis. In addition, it will investigate whether a single global endurance workout for 30 minutes will have an effect on pain level for these patients

Enrollment

15 patients

Sex

All

Ages

45 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

x-ray verified knee osteoarthritis (Kellegren & Lawrence grade I-III)
Loss of function and withstanding pain >3 months

Exclusion criteria

physical therapy treatment during the last 3 months
knee injury
inflammatory arthritis
symptoms from the hip joints greater than the knee pain
planned knee surgery the next 6 months
heart and lung disorders or other health issues affecting the ability to complete the intervention