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Effects of Panasonic knee massager and knee stepper on gait function and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Effects of Panasonic knee massager and knee stepper on gait function and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2200064352
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2022-10-04
Start date
2022-09-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-05-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Knee osteoarthritis

Interventions

Intervention group:Knee stepper
Intervention group:Knee massager
Intervention group:Knee stepper and Knee massager
Control group:No

Sponsors

Jiangnan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. It meets the diagnostic criteria of knee osteoarthritis and is unilateral; 2. Clear consciousness, self-care activities of daily living, able to complete the examination; 3. Can walk independently; 4. Patients with Kellgren-Lawrence radiological classification of grade I-III; 5. Willingness to conservative treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Complicated with other musculoskeletal diseases, such as dysplasia, fracture surgery, soft tissue injury around the knee joint, etc.; 2. Artificial joint replacement of knee joint; 3. History of knee joint injection in the past 6 months; 4. Lower limb peripheral nerve injury or disease, combined with meniscus injury or knee joint other osteoarthroses; 5. Patients with cardiac pacemaker implantation; 6. Medical problems that affect knee function, including rheumatoid arthritis, knee gouty arthritis, chronic back pain, or knee tendinitis; 7. Does not tolerate electrode piece.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
gait analysis;Isometric muscle strength test;plantar pressure;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactShufang Xia

Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University

sfxia2015@163.com+86 18751552042

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026