Status:
COMPLETED
Exercise and Physical Fitness for Persons With Knee Osteoarthritis
Lead Sponsor:
University of Missouri-Columbia
Collaborating Sponsors:
U.S. Department of Education
Conditions:
Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to establish evidence to support specific, targeted exercise and rehabilitation recommendations for people over 50 with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Detailed Description
Physical disability and poor health often accompany knee osteoarthritis (OA), particularly as people age. This decline in function and quality of life is a complex phenomenon associated with numerous ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- community-dwelling, physician diagnosed osteoarthritis of the knee, willingness to exercise regularly, willingness to perform 3 testing sessions over a 6-month period, ability to exercise safely at a moderate level of intensity, knee osteoarthritis by clinical criteria,
- WOMAC Scores as follows:
- PAIN:"mild" pain on 2 items or "moderate" pain on 1 item; PHYSICAL FUNCTION: "mild" difficulty in 4 items or "moderate" difficulty in 2 items -
Exclusion
- age\<50,inability to exercise and ambulate independently, physical limitation secondary to a condition that is not modifiable by exercise (e.g., active cancer), knee replacement (past or scheduled), total hip joint replacement less than 6 months ago, current participation in regular conditioning exercise, participation in another research study,
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
55 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00265447
Start Date
December 1 2005
End Date
July 1 2011
Last Update
September 28 2016
Active Locations (1)
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University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65211