SuPRA: Using Wearable Activity Trackers With a New Application to Improve Physical Activity in Knee Osteoarthritis

Summary

Physical activity is an essential first-line treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, only 13% of patients meet the activity recommendation of 150 minutes or more per week. The primary goal of this randomized controlled trial is to assess the efficacy of a Fitbit Flex (a wireless physical activity tracking device) paired with a new application, plus a brief education session and telephone counselling by a physiotherapist (PT), to improve physical activity and reduce sedentary time in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Conditions

• Joint Diseases
• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Education session, Fitbit/FitViz, PT counselling

Participants will receive a brief education session, use a physical activity tracker Fitbit Flex with paired with a FitViz app, and remote counseling by a PT. Intervention will be received immediately.

BEHAVIORAL

Same intervention with a 3 month delay

The Delayed Intervention Group will receive the same intervention as the Immediate Intervention Group, but with a 3 month delay.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Simon Fraser University

  collaborator OTHER

• Arthritis Research Centre of Canada

  collaborator OTHER

• Fraser Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• University of British Columbia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Linda Li, PhD · Professor

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

19 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-04-01

Primary Completion

2019-08-21

Completion

2019-08-26

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations