Effect of Balance Training and walking with a flat, flexible sole on elderly women with knee arthrosis

Therapeutic effect of Balance and Gait Training with flexible minimalist shoes in elderly women with Knee Osteoarthritis: randomized clinical trial - Balance and Gait Training with flexible minimalist shoes in elderly women with and without Knee Osteoarthritis Balance and walking training with a flat, flexible sole in elderly women with knee arthrosis

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

REBEC

Registry ID

RBR-10j4bw25

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2021-06-04

Start date

2021-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-27

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Conditions

Gonarthrosis

Interventions

An intervention program will be conducted for elderly women with osteoatritis (osteoarthritis) of the knee. For this, 24 elderly women with knee arthrosis (grades 2 or 3) will be recruited, 12 elderly

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Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

60 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: elderly women; 60 and 80 years old; knee arthrosis with grades 2 and 3; knee pain between 3 and 8; body mass index lower than 35 kg/m2; walk independently

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Prostheses and / or orthoses in lower limbs; fractures in the last 6 months; hip and ankle arthrosis; dementia stage; physiotherapeutic treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Assess the intensity of knee pain; it is expected to find a reduction in knee pain after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women). To assess pain, the Visual Analogue Scale.;Assess the functionality of the knee; it is expected to find an increase in its function after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess the knee functionality will be used by the WOMAC questionnaire (Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis) and Lequesne questionnaire.	—

Measure

Time frame

Assess the intensity of knee pain; it is expected to find a reduction in knee pain after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women). To assess pain, the Visual Analogue Scale.;Assess the functionality of the knee; it is expected to find an increase in its function after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess the knee functionality will be used by the WOMAC questionnaire (Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis) and Lequesne questionnaire.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Assess the perception of the risk of falling; it is expected to find an increase in the perception of falling after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess the perception of the risk of falling, the FRAQ-Brazil questionnaire (Falls Risk Awareness Questionnaire) will be used;Assess the floor during the six-minute intervention; it is expected to find an increase in walking distance after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess walking, the six-minute walk test (6MWT) will be used.;Assess the balance; it is expected to find an increase in balance after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess the balance, the Timed Get Up and Go Test (TUG) will be used;Assess the distribution of plantar pressure during walking and in a still standing posture; it is expected to find a reduction in plantar load during walking and an increase in body sway in the standing posture after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. A pressure platform (Loran®, Italy) will be used to assess plantar pressure distribution during walking and in a still standing posture.	—

Measure

Time frame

Assess the perception of the risk of falling; it is expected to find an increase in the perception of falling after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess the perception of the risk of falling, the FRAQ-Brazil questionnaire (Falls Risk Awareness Questionnaire) will be used;Assess the floor during the six-minute intervention; it is expected to find an increase in walking distance after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess walking, the six-minute walk test (6MWT) will be used.;Assess the balance; it is expected to find an increase in balance after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. To assess the balance, the Timed Get Up and Go Test (TUG) will be used;Assess the distribution of plantar pressure during walking and in a still standing posture; it is expected to find a reduction in plantar load during walking and an increase in body sway in the standing posture after the intervention program with and without footwear for elderly women with knee arthrosis compared to control elderly women. A pressure platform (Loran®, Italy) will be used to assess plantar pressure distribution during walking and in a still standing posture.

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Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactDaniel Pereira

daniel.borges.contact@gmail.com55 11 96660-0779

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 11, 2026