None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Third study in a series of three pilot clinical trials. Four way comparison of the effects of manual therapy (joint mobilisation), water exercise, and both interventions adjunctive to usual care with usual care alone on health-related quality of life in people with osteoarthritis. Study is complete. Trial registration is required in order to publish a report of the trial in a journal.
Interventions
Intervention groups: water exercise adjunct to usual care, joint mobilisation adjunct to usual care, combined joint mobilisation and water exercise adjunct to usual care
Duration: 10 weeks (one Victorian school term)
Frequency of intervention: single therapy groups = one session (approx 40 minutes) per week, combined therapy group = 2 sessions (approx 40 minutes) per week.
Four group comparison of the effects of usual care with manual therapy and / or water exercise adjunctive to usual care on
Intervention groups: water exercise adjunct to usual care, joint mobilisation adjunct to usual care, combined joint mobilisation and water exercise adjunct to usual care Duration: 10 weeks (one Victorian school term) Frequency of intervention: single therapy groups = one session (approx 40 minutes) per week, combined therapy group = 2 sessions (approx 40 minutes) per week. Four group comparison of the effects of usual care with manual therapy and / or water exercise adjunctive to usual care on the health-related quality of life of people with osteoarthritis.
Sponsors
Victoria University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Able to walk 20 metres unaided, able to dress / undress self, able to get in and out of swimming pool unaided, able to read / write in English.
Exclusion criteria
Substantive co-morbidity, development / diagnosis of co-morbidity during intervention period.
Outcome results
None listed