Status:
COMPLETED
Mechanics of Knee Bracing
Lead Sponsor:
The New England Baptist Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Boston University
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The overall objective of this project is to determine whether the provision of a pneumatic knee brace in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) improves knee mechanics. Secondary objectives wil...
Detailed Description
This study is closed to enrollment and in the data analysis phase
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- knee pain, aching or stiffness on most of the past 30 days
- x-ray verified predominant medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (TFOA)
- overall pain that is due to the medial TFOA (versus being referred from the back, hips, or other pre-existing conditions)
- ambulatory persons
Exclusion
- use of a crutch, walker, or wheelchair or cane more than 50% of the time
- history of Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pain emanating more from back or hip than from knee
- Low pain score on WOMAC
- predominant patellofemoral disease or knee pathology other than medial compartment OA likely to be causing their knee pain.
- Planning to move from area within 1 month of study screening.
- Unable to fit the brace properly
- BMI greater than 35
- corticosteriod injections in the past month
- Bilateral total knee replacements or plan for TKR
- Other types of arthritis including Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, gout, psoriatic arthritis, pseudogout.
- woman who are pregnant (due to x-rays taken to determine eligibility)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00823888
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
July 20 2011
Active Locations (1)
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New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02120