Status:
UNKNOWN
Resistive Exercise for Arthritic Cartilage Health (REACH)
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sydney
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
FEMALE
40+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Female subjects over the age of 40 will be recruited and randomised into a progressive resistance training (PRT) or sham-exercise group. The PRT group will train at 80% of their peak strength, using K...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female
- Aged over 40 years old
- Primary Osteoarthritis in at least one knee using standard criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for classification of clinical osteoarthritis
- Ambulatory without human assistance
- Willingness to be randomised to experiential or control group
- Ability to attend scheduled exercise and testing sessions
Exclusion
- Regular exercise of any kind over the past 3 months (\>1dpw).
- Secondary osteoarthritis (traumatic or post-surgical), rheumatic disease, gouty or septic arthritis, Paget's disease, pseudogout, major congenital abnormalities, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease and other rare forms of arthritis
- Joint injury, injection or surgery within the past 6 months or knee joint replacement
- Contraindications to MRI/Exercise
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
July 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00465660
Start Date
April 1 2005
End Date
July 1 2009
Last Update
April 25 2007
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University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2140