Knee Osteoarthritis
Conditions
Keywords
Education, Pain, Function, Quality of life
Brief summary
Sixty patients with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis, aged between 40 and 80 years, of both genders were included. The patients were divided into: experimental group that carried out an educational program - 5 consecutive sessions held once a week, with a duration of 60 minutes each class and at the end of the last class, a booklet was delivered for each patient with all the contents of the classes and the Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation device - being performed twice weekly, for 5 weeks for 40 minutes each session; and control group who only underwent treatment with the Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation in the same parameters as experimental group. The evaluations were performed at the beginning of the treatment, 4 and 12 weeks after the beginning of the treatment using a numerical pain scale; WOMAC; IDATE and SF-36 questionnaires; and 6-minute walk test.
Interventions
OTHEREducational Program
Educational program consist in 5 consecutive sessions held once a week, with a duration of 60 minutes each class and at the end of the last class, a booklet was delivered for each patient with all the contents of the classes. This group also received Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation twice weekly, for 5 weeks for 40 minutes each session
DEVICETranscutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation
Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation performed twice weekly, for 5 weeks for 40 minutes each session
Sponsors
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 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Diagnosis of knee Osteoarthritis by American College of Rheumatology criteria; * Age between 40 and 80 years; * Both genders; * Numerical Pain Scale in the knee between 3 and 8 centimeters on a scale of 0 to 10 centimeters.
Exclusion criteria
* Systemic inflammatory diseases or any condition that prevents the practice of physical activity; * Regular physical activity started or changed in the last twelve weeks; * No ambulation; * Joint injection in the knee in the previous twelve weeks; * Previous knee surgery or surgery planned for the next twenty-four weeks; * Physiotherapy in the last twelve weeks; * Other disease that affects the lower limbs; * Open wounds at the electrode application site; * Planned trip in the next twelve weeks.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Pain | Baseline and after 4 and 12 weeks | Evaluated using a numeric pain scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in function | Baseline and after 4 and 12 weeks | Evaluated using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index |
| Change in Anxiety | Baseline and after 4 and 12 weeks | Evaluated using the Inventory Anxiety Trait Inventory - State |
| Change in Generic Quality of life | Baseline and after 4 and 12 weeks | Evaluated using the SF-36 questionnaire |
| Change in Functional capacity | Baseline and after 4 and 12 weeks | Evaluated with the six minute walk test |
Outcome results
None listed