osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention program will have a duration of 12 weeks, with every three days a week and last approximately 30 minutes.
Volunteers will be randomly allocated into 2 groups. Aquatic intervention gro
muscle training: doing resistance exercises for arms and legs. Control group - Inactive: 25 elderly subjects with knee osteoarthritis who do not perform any type of exercise or other physical therapy.
Other
Sponsors
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
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
| Measure | Time 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 to occur no changes in the values of any variable analyzed. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time 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
Outcome results
None listed