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Effectiveness of Aquatic Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

NCT02247882 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2017-05-25

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether education or aquatic physical therapy are effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis in Knee due to intensity of pain, function capacity, quality of life and kinetic.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Patient Education

The educational program will comprise a multidisciplinary team: doctor, pharmacist, nurse, nutritionist, psychologist, physiotherapist and physical educator. Classes will be weekly in groups for eight weeks, with a duration of two hours. The education program will include the following items: guidelines about the disease and its complications, strategies for pain management (pharmacological and cognitive), physical exercise, nutrition and weight control, medication (type, interactions, current trends, side effects ), balance, proprioception, fall prevention, coping with chronic pain.

OTHER

Aquatic Physical Therapy

The exercise protocol will consist of: five minutes of heating with walking and patellar mobilization; ten minutes stretching the muscles of the lower limbs (quadriceps, gluteus, adductors and abductors of hip sural triceps and hamstrings); ten minutes isometric and dynamic exercises with elastic (quadriceps, gluteus, adductors and abductors of hip sural triceps and hamstrings); twenty minutes away from aerobic exercise (stationary running deep running water); ten minutes in functional training step and proprioceptive exercises; and five minutes of cooling with stretching of muscles of lower limbs (quadriceps, gluteus, adductors and abductors of hip sural triceps and hamstrings).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health, Brazil

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Fundação Araucária

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidade Estadual de Londrina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ligia M Facci, PT, PhD · Adjunct Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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