Active Video Games for Older Adults With Knee and/or Hip Osteoarthritis.

Summary

Population aging is currently an issue of primary relevance, constituting an enormous challenge for institutions and society. On the other hand, osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent arthropathy in the elderly, strongly related to loss of functional capacity, limitation of daily activities, increased musculoskeletal pain, and deterioration of quality of life. More specifically, knee and hip OA represent a significant burden for health systems, and in Chile, they are among the ten most frequent diseases in the elderly. The technological development of the last decades has allowed the incorporation of several therapeutic alternatives for the intervention of the elderly, such as virtual reality, which allows interaction with multiple digital environments. Active video games (AVG) or exergames, carried out through commercial non-immersive virtual reality systems, have been proposed as a feasible, innovative, and entertaining alternative to optimize conventional physical rehabilitation (CPR). AVG in healthy older people and those with neurocognitive conditions effectively improves clinical and psychosocial outcomes. However, it has been recommended to advance the study of the effects of AVGs in people with musculoskeletal pathologies, such as knee and hip OA. Accordingly, the purpose is to analyze the effects of an AVG-guided physical exercise protocol adjunct to CPR on functional mobility in older adults with knee and/or hip OA.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Knee
• Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

OTHER

Conventional physical rehabilitation plus Active video games (CPR+AVG)

In each session a routine of conventional physical rehabilitation and active video games is performed. The duration is 10 weeks / 3 sessions per week (30 sessions). CPR+AVG: Consists of conventional exercises (aerobic, muscle strengthening, postural balance and flexibility) added to a set of interactive video games available for the Nintendo Switch console.

OTHER

Conventional physical rehabilitation alone (CPR)

In each session a routine of conventional exercises is performed. The duration is 10 weeks / 3 sessions per week (30 sessions). CPR: Conventional exercises (aerobic, muscle strengthening, postural balance and flexibility).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Fund for Research and Development in Health, Chile

  collaborator OTHER

• Cristian Alvarez

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Cristhian Mendoza S., PhD · Universidad San Sebastian

• Claudio Carvajal P., PhD · Universidad San Sebastian

• Jorge Fuentes C., PhD · Universidad Católica del Maule

• Camila Riquelme B. · Universidad Andrés Bello

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

60 Years

Max Age

84 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-04-04

Primary Completion

2024-03-01

Completion

2024-03-01

Countries

• Chile

Study Locations