knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
The Holy Cross College
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Aged at least 40 years, ability to perform physical exercises, not currently receiving any physical therapy treatments for the knee OA condition, medication compliance (all patients will be taking glucocorticoids at the time of the study), and the diagnosis of knee OA according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Bilateral knee OA; previous knee joint surgery; any surgical procedure of the lower limbs for the prior 6 months; initiation of opioid analgesia or cortico-steroid or analgesic injection intervention for knee pain within prior 30 days; rheumatoid arthritis of the knee; physical impairments preventing safe participation in exercise, manual therapy, walking or stationary cycling such as: uncontrolled hypertension or cardiovascular, pulmonary or endocrinology disease; vision problems that affect mobility, neurogenic disorder, primary or debilitating back pain, advanced osteoporosis, body mass >155kg, unable to 10m walking without an assistive device; insufficient communication ability to comprehend or comply with assessment interventions; stated inability to complete the proposed course of intervention and follow-up.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| knee pain; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| perceived health;range of motion of the knee;functional exercise capacity; | — |
Countries
Poland
Contacts
Public ContactPawel Lizs
Holy Cross College
Outcome results
None listed