Status:

COMPLETED

Gait Retraining to Reduce Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Conditions:

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how well people can be trained to produce new and different movements through the use of haptic feedback. One particular application is retraining individuals...

Detailed Description

During the movement retraining session, you be given different combinations of haptic, visual, and auditory feedback in order to inform you on desired movement changes. This will take place at the Hum...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Symptoms of medial compartment pain during the previous 6 weeks
  • Radiographic evidence (AP X-ray) of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (KL score of 3 or less)
  • Ability to walk unaided for 25 minutes without rest
  • Age \> 18

Exclusion

  • BMI \> 30
  • Previous injury or surgery on foot, ankle, knee, hip, or back inhibiting ability to adopt different walking gait
  • Use of shoe insert or hinged knee brace
  • Corticosteroid injection within the previous 6 weeks
  • Age \> 80

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01397981

Start Date

July 1 2011

End Date

November 1 2012

Last Update

March 6 2013

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States, 94305