Status:
UNKNOWN
Cycling Intervention on Symptoms of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is designed to determine the effect of a cycling training program which modulates frontal and sagittal plane knee joint loading with graded increases of Q-Factor and cycling workrate in per...
Detailed Description
The knee joint is one of the most common joints affected by osteoarthritis, and knee osteoarthritis is primarily observed in the medial compartment. This is in part attributable to the increased load ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men and Women between the ages of 50 and 75 years old.
- Diagnosed with medial compartment tibiofemoral osteoarthritis in one of their knees.
- Be able to walk unaided for at least 25 consecutive minutes.
- Present with knee pain for at least 6 months occurring on a majority of the days in the month, or on most days (more than or equal to 4 of 7 days in a week) in one or both knees for at least 4 months.
- Osteophytes on knee x-rays.
- Grade 2 or higher out of a maximum of 4 on a modified Kellgren/Lawrence grade on the knee radiograph.
Exclusion
- Initial Visual Analog Scale pain scores greater than 7.
- Diagnosed osteoarthritis of ankles, hips, or symptomatic osteoarthritis of the spine.
- Arthroplasty of any other lower extremity joint.
- BMI value greater than 40 kg/m2.
- Any major lower extremity injury in the past 6 months.
- Systemic Inflammatory Arthritis.
- Systemic Pain Conditions.
- Neurological Conditions that impact gait or cycling.
- Pregnant or Nursing Women.
- Major cardiovascular disease with an exercise limitation prescribed by a physician.
- Steroid injection at the knee within the previous 3 months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 17 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04139161
Start Date
December 17 2019
End Date
May 31 2021
Last Update
April 7 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Lab
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37996