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Effects of Therapeutic Exercises in Elderly Women With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT02560831 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2015-09-25

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Summary

Knee Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease associated with muscle weakness, arthralgia, rigidity and postural instability. Therapeutic exercise can reduce pain and improve muscle strength and postural balance, however benefits from association with pompage is not known. This study aims to evaluate the effects of therapeutic exercise on pain, muscle strength and postural balance in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis. Methodology: Almost randomized controlled trial, in which were included elderly between 60 and 80 years diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis, randomized into two groups with 11 participants each. Intervention group held strengthening exercises for flexors and knee extensors, balance training, and manual knee pompage for 12 weeks. Control Group received educational lectures. Arthralgia was estimated by pain subscale of the questionnaire Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and (WOMAC); muscle strength was assessed by the isokinetic dynamometer HUMAC® NORM Testing \& Rehabilitation System and the postural balance by the Biodex Balance SD postural stability protocol (Biodex Medical Systems, Inc. New York, USA). The Student t test was used for statistical analysis.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Therapeutic exercise and Pompage

Strengthening exercises for flexors and knee extensors, balance training, knee's pompage twice per week for 12 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Educational lectures

Educational lectures in four meetings for 12 weeks (Control Group)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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