Comparison Between Land-based and Water-based Exercises for Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT02295605 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2016-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Forty six patients with knee osteoarthritis will be randomly allocated into two groups: water-based exercises and land-based exercises. Both of them will receive a strengthening exercise protocol for lower limb muscles. A blind investigator will assess the patients before and immediately after, 3 months and 6 months following the interventions. The main outcomes will be pain, function and strength.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

water-based exercises

water-based exercise strengthening protocol for lower limb muscles

OTHER

land-based exercises

land-based exercise strengthening protocol for lower limb muscles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nove de Julho

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • José Geraldo S Morelli, PhD student · University of Nove de Julho

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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