Impact of home exercise program on self-efficacy and quality of life among primary knee osteoarthritis patients: a randomized controlled clinical study.
Conditions
Interventions
Patients randomized to the intervention exercise group were subjected to one-hour educational session on the importance of home exercises , the participants were taught the exercises and conducted in
Sponsors
Faculty of medicine, Zagazig unversity, Egypt
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients who met the American College of Rheumatology clinical and radiological criteria for primary knee osteoarthritis were recruited.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants with history of knee trauma, surgery, inflammatory knee pain or history intra-articular injections within the last three months and other medical disease that may affect their ability to perform exercise were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Exercise self-efficacy scale Visual analogue scale Quality of life measurement after 6 months | — |
Countries
Africa
Contacts
Public Contactrabab zaghlol
Zagazig university faculty of medicine
Outcome results
None listed