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Manual Therapy Versus Exercise on Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00988468 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1

Last updated 2010-11-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Earlier research has shown that exercising while receiving manual therapy improves function and reduces pain in people with knee osteoarthritis. However, very little is known about the mechanisms by which manual therapy and exercise reduce pain and improve function. This study will ask subjects with knee osteoarthritis to receive one of the following interventions: (1) no treatment, (2) exercise only, or (3) manual therapy only. Measures will be taken of the patient's knee range of motion, knee swelling and pain before and after receiving the intervention. These measures will be analyzed to determine what effect exercise and manual therapy applied to the knee have on improving knee range of motion and reducing knee pain and swelling. Swelling will be measured using an ultrasound device which is used to take pictures inside the knee. This type of ultrasound measurement is painless and harmless.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Manual Therapy

Grade 1 and 2 oscillatory manual mobilization of the tibiofemoral joint at various ranges of motion.

BEHAVIORAL

Therapeutic Exercise

Subjects will perform 5 minutes of lower extremity cycle ergometer with minimal resistance followed by 10 minutes of resistance exercise to the quadriceps at 3 tibiofemoral positions (0 degrees, 30 degrees and 60 degrees of knee flexion).

BEHAVIORAL

Video Observation

Subjects will watch a 15 minute video on a health topic unrelated to knee osteoarthritis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dan Poulsen, PhD · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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