Status:

RECRUITING

Effect of Structured Exercise in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Lead Sponsor:

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Kwong Wah Hospital

Conditions:

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Physical Inactivity

Eligibility:

All Genders

55+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of Nordic walking and inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on cardiopulmonary function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Mil...

Detailed Description

This study recruits patients with different stages and assigns them into different interventions and comparing the effect with those not receiving intervention. It will provide the evidence in terms o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • pain on the most days in one or both knees in the past month;
  • difficulty with at least one of daily living activities measured by the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scale;
  • radiographic evidence of knee OA in the tibial-femoral compartment (Kellgren and Lawrence grade, K/L ≥1, K/L 1-3 regarded as mild-to-moderate knee OA, others waiting for knee arthroplasty regarded as end-stage knee OA);
  • with normal or corrected visual and auditory function and walking unaided;
  • primary knee OA for more than 6 months, be stable on medication for at least 3 weeks.

Exclusion

  • knee surgery priorly;
  • have steroid injection in previous three weeks;
  • have inflammatory arthritis (e.g., rheumatoid); or unstable angina, or myocardial infarction, or cardiac surgery; or stroke; or treatment with steroids, hormones, or cancer chemotherapy; or pulmonary diseases (force vital capacity\<80% of predicted and/or forced expiratory volume at first second\<70% of predicted); or a history of exercise-induced asthma;
  • unable to understand the procedure and potential risks of the study;
  • medically unstable that indicate unsafe to participate in exercise test

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 5 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06084949

Start Date

October 5 2023

End Date

August 31 2026

Last Update

October 16 2023

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong