Effects of Music During Walking on Pain and Muscle Activation in People With Chronic Pain Due to Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT07537114 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2026-04-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to compare muscle activation, changes in pain sensitivity, and brain function, between different walking conditions, including walking to music, walking to metronome, and walking without music or metronome.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation with music

Walking to rhythmic Auditory Stimulation with music

BEHAVIORAL

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation with metronome

walking to rhythmic Auditory Stimulation with metronome

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Walking to no music or metronome

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston University Charles River Campus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Deepak Kumar, PT, PhD · Boston University Charles River Campus

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-31
Primary Completion
2027-06-30
Completion
2027-07-31

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