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Comparison of hydrotherapy anddry land exercise associated with lasertherapy on pain relief, stretching and daily activities in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis

Comparison of physiotherapy aquatic and dry land exercise associated with low level laser therapy in perception of pain, flexibility and life daily activities in elderly with knee osteoarthritis: randomized clinical trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-45kv2n
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2016-03-02
Start date
2015-08-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

osteoarthrosis

Interventions

Intervention programs have a duration of 12 weeks, with every three days a week and last approximately 30 minutes. Laser therapy will be applied in five points around the knee joint, before the propos
flexibility (stretching) of the legs and arms muscles
Timeline perception and reaction speed through activities with balls
Balance: standing up on boards
muscle training: doing resistance exercises for arms and legs. Ground intervention group: 10 elderly volunteers with knee osteoarthritis will undergo the same activities described above, but in the te
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Sponsors

Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Lead Sponsor
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
60 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Volunteers knee osteoarthritis; both genders; age between 60 and 80 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Volunteers with severe cardiac and respiratory diseases; fibromyalgia; epilepsy; knee replacement or hip; inability to walk independently; otitis; sores on the skin; mycoses; hydrophobia.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected to find in both groups of intervention programs increased in flexibility through Wells test (around 5 cm), decrease in pain assessed by visual analogue scale, reductions in scores on the WOMAC index / Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (from 20 to 30 points in most volunteers). In the control group it is expected that there are no changes in the values of any variable analyzed.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The results in both intervention groups are statistically better (considering p greater than 0.05) than the control group, the following variables: pain assessed by visual analogue scale, activities of daily living assessed by WOMAC index, flexibility through bank Wells, after the end of treatment.—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactRodrigo Leal de Paiva Carvalho

Universidade do Sagrado Coração

rodrigo.carvalho@usc.br+55 (14) 21077199

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)