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Effects of Strength and Balance Training to Reduce the Fall Risk in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

NCT04993911 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2021-10-27

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Summary

This study will address the scarcity of research and the variations in recommendations regarding the effects of strength and balance training to reduce the fall risk in knee osteoarthritis patients.

Conditions

  • Sports Physical Therapy

Interventions

OTHER

Experimental Group

Assessment will be performed pre and post of intervention. Intervention will be given 3 days a week for 8 weeks. Each session will include a 5-min warm-up on a fitness bike or treadmill before commencement of the program and a 5-min cool period. Participants of this group will receive balance training with conventional treatment. Participants will perform between 2 sets of 5 and 7 repetitions of each exercise. Single leg balance * Walking forward * Walking backward * Side stepping * Walk heel to toe * Static exercises with eyes close or open CONVENTIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM : * TENS for 15 minutes * Hot pack for 15 minutes * Participants will perform between 2 sets of 7 and 10 repetitions of each exercise: * Quadriceps/hamstring isometric exercises. * ROM and active stretching of the hamstring and quadriceps muscle. * Active ankle pump. * Squats,step-up, sit to stand, calf raises * Straigh leg raising exercise in crook lying position

OTHER

Control Group

Participants of this group will receive only conventional therapy which will include; before beginning the program, each session will feature a 5-minute warm-up on a fitness bike or treadmill, followed by a 5-minute cool-down. Participants of this group will receive only conventional therapy which will include. * CONVENTIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM : * TENS for 15 minutes * Hot pack for 15 minutes * Participants will perform between 2 sets of 7 and 10 repetitions of each exercise: * Quadriceps/hamstring isometric exercises. * ROM and active stretching of the hamstring and quadriceps muscle. * Active ankle pump. * Squats,step-up, sit to stand, calf raises * Straigh leg raising exercise in crook lying position

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Suhail Karim, PP-DPT · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-10
Primary Completion
2021-09-30
Completion
2021-09-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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