Gonarthrosis, knee Joint Diseases,
Conditions
Interventions
Whole body vibration exercise (WBVE), Auriculotherapy, auriculotherapy association with WBVE, placebo control.
Whole body vibration exercise protocol:
There will be 10 sessions, 02 times per week, tot
Other
E02.190.204
E02.760.169.063.500.387
T75.2
Sponsors
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Individuals over 18 years of age with Knee osteoarthritis or healthy (no chronic diseases or lesions in lower limbs).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: individuals who are taking viscossupplementation and / or corticoids less than 12 months old; individuals currently in another rehabilitation program; individuals with clinical manifestations that did not allow the accomplishment of exercises; individuals with presence of cardiac pacemaker; individuals with recent surgeries in the lower limbs (1 year), individuals with hip or bilateral knee arthroplasty, individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and / or spinal arthrodesis; individuals who refused to sign the Informed Consent Term (TCLE).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decreased pain level; verified through visual analogue scale (VAS); At least a 20% reduction in pain level is expected.;Improvement of postural control, mobility and balance; verified through the Time Up and Go Test (TUG); a reduction in test run time of at least 5% between pre- and post-intervention is expected, and maintenance of follow-up improvement (7 and 14 days after the last session) is expected. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of the knee range of motion, measured bilaterally with a digital Goniometer; angulation of active knee flexion is expected to increase by at least 5% between pre and post intervention and maintenance of improvement at follow up (7 and 14 days after the last session).;Improved flexibility; through anterior trunk flexion; it is expected to decrease the distance between the middle finger and the floor by at least 5% between pre and post intervention and maintenance of improvement at follow up (7 and 14 days after the last session).;Analysis of the response of the organism to the interventions; verified through changes in blood parameters; it is hoped to analyze the changes to understand the physiological effect of whole-body vibration exercises between pre and post intervention. ;Improvement of the recruitment of muscle fibers of the lower limbs; verified by electromyographic tracing of the medial, anterior tibial, and vastus lateralis (bilateral, medial gastrocnemius muscles; an improvement of at least 5% between pre- and post-intervention is expected and maintenance of improvement at follow up (7 and 14 days after the last session). ;Improvement of body composition; verified through bioimpedance; an improvement of at least 5% between pre- and post-intervention is expected, and maintenance of improvement at follow-up (7 and 14 days after the last session) is expected.;Improvement of the quality of life; verified by means of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities questionnaires Osteoarthritis Index of Osteoarthritis (WOMAC), Medical Outcomes Study 36 - Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score - KOOS; an improvement of at least 15% between pre- and post-intervention and maintenance of improvement at follow-up (7 and 14 days after the last session) is expected. ;Decreased "fear of falling"; verified through the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES-I) questionnaire; an improvement of at least 5% between pre- and post-in | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMario Bernardo-Filho
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Outcome results
None listed