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Osteoarthritis Running & Cartilage Assessment

NCT04325334 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2025-03-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease affecting millions of Canadians. Exercise is a core treatment for knee OA, and is advocated by all clinical guidelines. However, the safety of recreational running in the presence of knee OA is unclear. There are no studies available to provide direct data to appropriately inform runners and clinicians whether running should be advocated for joint health. Our research study will address this gap.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Running volume increase

Participants will receive a 12-week running program to increase their running volume by approximately 10% per week on average, and in accordance with the "10% rule" advocated to minimize injury rates. For the purpose of this study, participants will run using their habitual technique - i.e. no specific instructions on 'how' to run will be provided; rather, they will simply be instructed on 'how much' to run.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael A Hunt, PT, PhD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-01
Primary Completion
2024-10-04
Completion
2024-10-04

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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