degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis joint disorder
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy controls: over 45 years old able to walk for at least 15 to 30 minutes for 3 to 7 days per week without any walking aids Physiotherapists: work for at least two years as a physiotherapist in primary care provide treatment for patients with knee complaints two or more times per week have affinity with technical developments in physiotherapy care
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Healthy controls: Activity-related knee pain and morning knee stiffness or stiffness of 30 minutes or more. Traumatic knee injury or surgery in the past year. Any neurological, rheumatological, or metabolic disorders affecting mobility. Other diagnosed causes of knee symptoms (e.g. tendonopathy). Musculoskeletal conditions affecting the ankles, hips, pelvis or lumbar spine. Body mass index > 35 kg/m2. Cognitive impairments. Unable to communicate in either Dutch or English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Qualitative data from participants and physiotherapists on how they use the WalkWell Gait reTrainer (i.e. user experience). We will also explore the participant*s ability to consistently alter their FPA in response to the feedback given by the WallWell Gait reTrainer, and their ability to maintain their target FPA over a short period of one week (i.e. feasibility). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quantify correlations among the data collected and evaluate the associations between biomechanical parameters and other variables including participant demographics. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactEM Macri
Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
Outcome results
None listed