Status:

RECRUITING

Effects of Including a Chronic Pain Neuroscience Education Program for Individuals With Knee OA

Lead Sponsor:

University of Nove de Julho

Conditions:

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Research participants diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis will be randomized through a draw using sealed opaque envelopes indicating two groups: 1. therapeutic exercises, 2. therapeutic exercises + chr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (knee pain for \> 3 months
  • Morning stiffness \<30 minutes
  • Crepitus
  • Bone tenderness, and absence of palpable heat and/or diagnosis established radiographically (determined by Kellgren and Lawrence grade 1 to 3 on a scale 1 up to 4)

Exclusion

  • Hip OA
  • severe osteoporosis
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Medical history of tumors or cancer
  • Active inflammatory joint diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, gout)
  • Undergoing any lower extremity joint replacement
  • Neurological diseases (Parkinson's disease, stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, motor neuron disease, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive and cardiopulmonary impairment that may prevent or limit the performance of exercises, use of a gait assistance device, history of recent knee trauma.
  • Having undergone any form of treatment involving physiotherapy, intra-articular corticosteroids, anti-inflammatories or chondroprotective in the last six months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 28 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06187038

Start Date

May 28 2024

End Date

December 1 2028

Last Update

December 17 2024

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Nove de Julho University

São Paulo, Brazil, 01504-001