Vascular Occlusion in Patients With Osteoarthritis

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Exercise training; Other: Resistance training with vascular occlusion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01483131

vascular occlusion and OA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Resistance exercise plus vascular occlusion may induce greater improvements in strength and muscle mass than resistance training alone. The investigators speculate this training strategy could be beneficial in patients with osteoarthritis.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Postmenopausal women
• BMI <39
• Knee Ostearthritis type II and III
• VAS (visual analogue scale) between 2 and 8

Exclusion criteria

• Hip osteoarthritis
• Use of NSAID

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

Low intensity resistance training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training

High intensity resistance training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training

Low intensity resistance training with vascular occlusion

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Resistance training with vascular occlusion