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The Effect of Intrinsic Focus on Gait Cycle and the Possible Confounding Effect of Noise in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT06065410 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2023-10-03

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Summary

Patients with knee osteoarthritis may develop an antalgic gait over time due to pain in the knee, characterized by a decrease in the stance phase and stride length on the painful side. Gait asymmetry, which may lead to different musculoskeletal problems in the future, is observed in the patients. Gait symmetry can be achieved with gait retraining, and effective focus is required during training.

In the literature, there are many studies of the positive effects of white noise on focusing, but there are also studies that report that it reduces focusing.

Today, exercise training is usually performed in rehabilitation units or on treadmills. As there are important differences between walking on a treadmill and walking outdoors in terms of noise, uneven ground and visual stimuli, the place where walking training is performed does not reflect the outdoor environment.

It was aimed to investigate the effect of internal focusing on gait cycle and the effect of white noise and environmental sound on internal focusing in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Baseline

Walking without any instruction or sound

OTHER

Intrinsic focus

Walking focusing on ensuring equal step lengths and step durations on both sides and symmetry between both steps

OTHER

White noise

Intrinsic focus accompanied by white noise

OTHER

environmental sound

Intrinsic focus accompanied by environmental sound

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gazi University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-01
Primary Completion
2023-04-30
Completion
2023-04-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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