Knee Osteoarthritis
Conditions
Keywords
Knee osteoarthritis, Daily cane use, Pain, Function, Quality of life, Energy consumption during the gait
Brief summary
Sixty four participants were enrolled in a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of daily cane use on pain, function, quality of life and energy consumption during the gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Detailed description
Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Interventions
DEVICECane
This group use the cane every day since the baseline
Sponsors
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Federal University of São Paulo
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Primary Knee osteoarthritis (ACR criteria) * VAS for knee pain between 3 and 7 * No changes the NSAID intake or physical activity in the previous 3 months
Exclusion criteria
* Symptomatic heart or pulmonary disease * Severe systemic disease * Other symptomatic disease in the lower limb or in the upper limb that will carry the cane * Joint injection in the previous 3 months * PT in the previous 3 months * Previously cane use * Start regular physical activity in the last month
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain - visual analogue scale | T0, T30 and T60 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Energy consumption (VO2)- gas analysis with and without cane during the 6MWT | T0, T30 and T60 |
| Function - Lequesne index | T0, T30 and T60 |
| Function - WOMAC questionnaire | T0,T30 and T60 |
| Quality of life - SF-36 | T0, T30 and T60 |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed