Actively Recruiting
Expanding Exercise Programming for Veterans Through Telehealth
Led by VA Office of Research and Development · Updated on 2026-04-08
50
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
208 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a group telehealth exercise program for Veterans with lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: This is a randomized pilot trial where Veterans (n=50) receive a group telehealth exercise program (3 months), followed by an exercise maintenance phase (6 months) that includes either text messaging alone or text messaging plus group telehealth exercise booster sessions. The primary outcomes for this study are feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. Feasibility will be assessed through number and source of referrals, recruitment, and retention. Acceptability will be assessed through surveys and interviews for participants and providers addressing reasons for participation, satisfaction, perceived appropriateness, and overall experience containing Likert scales and both yes/no and open-ended questions. Exploratory outcomes, assessed at multiple time points during the course of the study, will measure changes in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and changes in performance measure and physical activity assessed remotely through individual telehealth sessions. Data will be collected at baseline, 3-, 6-, and 9-month follow-up.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Expanding Exercise Programming for Veterans Through Telehealth
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of symptomatic knee or hip osteoarthritis
- Veteran at Eastern Colorado Healthcare System Primary Care Clinics with at least one VA visit within the past year
- Physically inactive
You will not qualify if you...
- No telephone access
- Hip or knee surgery or acute meniscus or anterior cruciate ligament tear in the past six months
- Recent hospitalization for cardiovascular or cerebrovascular event
- Serious mental health condition or behavioral issues that prevent participating in group exercise
- Terminal illness
- Motor neuron diseases
- Severely impaired hearing, vision, or speech
- Non-English speaking
- Current participation in another osteoarthritis or exercise intervention or lifestyle change study
- Other health conditions as reported by participant or deemed by study team or primary care physician that would prevent participation
- No primary care physician visit in the past 12 months
- Pregnant women
- Insufficient internet connectivity to participate in group telehealth
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045-7211
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Lauren Abbate, MD
CONTACT
A
Andrew T Stephens
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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