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Impact of hidrotherapy and dry land exercises in daily activities and quality of life of older people with knee osteoarthritis

Impact of physiotherapy aquatic and dry land exercise in functional capacity and quality of life of older adults with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized clinical trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-5zpphs
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2016-02-16
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. Volunteers will be randomly allocated into 3 groups. Aquatic intervention group of 10
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 ground intervention pernas.Grupo: 10 elderly volunteers with knee osteoarthritis will undergo the same activities described above, but in the t
Other
E02.533
E02.779.474

Sponsors

Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Lead Sponsor
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
60 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Volunteers diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis; both genders; age above 60 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
Increased flexibility through Wells test (around 5 cm), improved functional capacity through the TUG test / Timed Up and Go (mean time less than 10 seconds), reductions in scores on the WOMAC index / Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (from 20 to 30 points in most volunteers) and quality of life assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF (between 70-80% in physical, mental and social domains) in both exercises after completion programs of interventions. 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 <0.05) than the control group, the following variables: pain, stiffness and function assessed by WOMAC index, flexibility through bank Wells, dynamic balance by means the TUG and quality of life analyzed by WHOQOL-Bref after the end of treatment.—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactEduardo Arca

Universidade do Sagrado Coração

eduardo.arca@usc.br+55 (14) 2107-7000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)