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The Effect of Flexible Tape in Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT02049216 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2017-01-26

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Summary

People with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee attending The Alfred hospital will be invited to participate in a randomised controlled trial comparing two different types of knee taping. Both groups will also be prescribed an exercise program to assist in management of their knee OA.

Hypothesis are as follows:

1. Participants treated with flexible tape with have greater reductions in pain and improvements on timed performance based measures when compared to those treated with a placebo tape.
2. Participants in both groups will have clinically significant improvements in pain and timed performance based measures compared to their baseline scores.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Flexible tape

Flexible, elasticised, adhesive athletic tape

OTHER

Fixomull

OTHER

Exercise

Participants in both groups will be prescribed a home exercise program to complete.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Alfred

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kim L McManus, B, Physio · The Alfred

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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