Knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
control group: 40 patients will undergo stretching exercises, strengthening and balance training lasting 60 minutes each therapy, 2 times per week over 8 weeks. Intervention group: 34 patients will un
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
AACD - Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 74 Adult patients (18 from 80 years) referred AACD - Lar Escola São Francisco diagnosed with moderate knee osteoarthritis and agree to participate in the study according to the term informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with rheumatic diseases associated; orthopedic surgery of the lower limbs; prior injections of steroids in the past six months; obesity (BMI> 35);allergy to components of physiotherapy; those who underwent physiotherapy in the last six months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome : pain The level of pain pain is measured by Visual Analogue Scale that it is a graduated scale ranging from 0 to 10 , where the higher the number , the higher is the level of pain . This scale will be applied by by an independent observer blind , at baseline ( pre-intervention ) after four and eight weeks of treatment. It is expected that the application of banding associated with the exercise program ( intervention group ) provides pain relief of at least 5 % compared with the control group, which only perform the therapy based exercise program. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome : function Functional capacity will be assessed by WOMAC questionnaire containing 17 questions about the degree of difficulty in performing activities of daily living . The questionnaire will be applied by an independent observer blind , at baseline ( pre-intervention ) and after eight weeks of treatment. It is expected that the use of banding associated with the exercise program ( intervention group ) provide patients better functional outcomes ( at least 5% ) compared with control patients , which performs the same therapy exercises, but without the additional use of bandage. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJosé ;José Baldocchi Pontin;Jardim
AACD - Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente;Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed