Knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
This is a non-randomized, non-controlled, single-arm clinical study without blinding. Experimental group (single group): forty-two individuals with common musculoskeletal conditions will receive eight
Sponsors
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Departamento de Clínica Médica
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Individuals with shoulder impingement syndrome; or nonspecific low back pain; or greater trochanteric pain syndrome; or knee osteoarthritis; or patellofemoral pain syndrome; or Achilles tendinopathy; under regular follow-up at Hospital de Clínicas – Unicamp; who are not undergoing physiotherapy; and who have no plans to start physiotherapy in the next three months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteers who do not have a smartphone; incompatible smartphone; a prosthesis that prevents performing the exercises; decompensated psychiatric disorder; under 18 years of age
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An improvement in musculoskeletal symptoms is expected, assessed by the standardized mean difference of the combined symptom metrics for each condition (Shoulder Pain and Disability Index, Oswestry Index, Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment for Gluteal Tendinopathy, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, Lysholm score, and Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment–Achilles), based on a statistically significant change between the pre- and post-intervention periods | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Good adherence to the app is expected, assessed by the proportion of exercises completed relative to those prescribed, with a rate of at least fifty percent;Acceptable satisfaction with the use of the app is expected, assessed using the mHealth Satisfaction Questionnaire, with a score greater than 15/30 after use;Good safety of the app is expected, assessed by the number of adverse events classified according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), with fewer than 10 percent of adverse events considered mild or moderate;Good safety of the app is expected, assessed by the number of severe adverse events classified according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), with no severe events reported;Improvement in symptoms for each condition is expected, assessed by improvement in each specific metric (Shoulder Pain and Disability Index, Oswestry Index, Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment for Gluteal Tendinopathy, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, Lysholm score, and Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment–Achilles), based on a statistically significant improvement between the pre and post-intervention periods | — |
Countries
BR
Contacts
Public ContactJean De Souza
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Outcome results
None listed