knee and hip osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria are; (1) women with knee or hip osteoarthritis who are outpatients at International University of Health and Welfare Narita and Ichikawa Hospital (2) lasting pain over three months (3) patients and their orthopedists agree to participate this study (4) body mass index is 18-35kg/m2 (5) positive sign of conditioned pain modulation (only case report and randomized controlled trials).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria are; (1) disabilities of cardiopulmonary vascular, central nervous and autonomic nervous system, (2) facial, chest and abdominal pain (3) cancer pain (4) patients who took exercise or physical therapy within three months (5) patients who is difficult to communicate and to answer questionnaire (6) patients who take fallowing medications; beta- blocker, antidepressant and anticonvulsant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Conditioned pain modulation as a measure of central sensitization is a primary outcome of this study. Measurements will be performed before and after interventions. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Numerical analog scale of knee pain (intensity of knee pain) Heart rate variability (autonomic nervous activities) Heart rate recovery when aerobic exercise (autonomic nervous activities) Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC, disability) PainDETECT (neuropathic pain) Pain Catastrophizing Scale (pain catastrophizing) International Physical Activity Questionnaire (physical activity) Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (anxiety and depression) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (sleep quality) Checklist for Individual Strength (fatigue) Basic characteristics (age, sex, diagnosis and level of OA, history of medicine, marital status, educational status, height, weight, body mass index, X-ray, medication, blood and urine sampling) Measurements will be performed before and after interventions. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
International University of Health and Welfare School of Health Science at Narita, Department of Physical Therapy