Status:

TERMINATED

Manual Therapy Versus Exercise on Knee Osteoarthritis

Lead Sponsor:

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Conditions:

Knee Osteoarthritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-89 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Earlier research has shown that exercising while receiving manual therapy improves function and reduces pain in people with knee osteoarthritis. However, very little is known about the mechanisms by w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis.

Exclusion

  • Inability to ambulate at least 100 feet, ride a stationary bicycle for at least 10 minutes, or lie in the prone position for at least 10 minutes,
  • Intra-articular knee injection within one month of study inception,
  • A history of exercise induced or uncontrolled angina within three months of the study entry,
  • Severe dyspnea at rest,
  • Previous bilateral total knee arthroplasty,
  • Pregnancy, OR
  • The absence of knee pain at the time of recruitment for the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00988468

Start Date

October 1 2009

End Date

August 1 2010

Last Update

November 16 2010

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79430