Sensorimotor Training Versus Resistance Training in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Summary

People with knee osteoarthritis (OA) have functional instability and defective neuromuscular function, it was recently suggested that sensorimotor exercises may be important and needed to improve the effectiveness of training programs for these patients. This study objective was to compare the effectiveness of a supervised resistance muscular training (RT) versus sensorimotor training (SMT) for patients with Knee OA, on decrease of pain and functional improvement.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

OTHER

Resistance training (RT)

The group realized 16 weeks of resistance training for the quadriceps and hamstring muscles, twice a week, with duration of 30 minutes each session. The intervention included strength leg raises, simple quadriceps and hamstring strengthening with cuff weights realized in 3 sets of ten repetition maximum(10RM) for each muscle group. The group also realized stretching exercises for lower limbs and received orientation about the knee osteoarthritis.

OTHER

Control group (CG)

Patients in this group also received information about knee osteoarthritis and realized the same warm-up and cool-down intervention realized in the interventional groups. During 16 weeks they went to the ambulatory twice a week to perform 5 minutes of stationary bicycle and 5 minutes of stretching exercises for lower limbs.

OTHER

Sensorimotor training (SMT)

The group realized 16 weeks of sensorimotor training, twice a week, with duration of 30 minutes each session. The intervention included agility and coordination exercises, perturbation training and stretching exercises. Also, the participants received orientation about the knee osteoarthritis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of São Paulo

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Virginia FM Trevisani, MD, MS, PhD · Federal University of São Paulo and Santo Amaro University

• Maria S Peccin, PT, MS, PhD · Federal University of São Paulo

• Marcelo Abrahão, PT · Federal University of São Paulo

• Alvaro N Atallah, MD, PhD · Federal University of São Paulo

• Aline B Gomiero, PT · Federal University of São Paulo

• Andrea H Kayo, PT, MS · Federal University of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Max Age

75 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-03-31

Primary Completion

2009-08-31

Completion

2009-08-31

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations