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CompletedNCT00698412

Effectiveness of Cane in Osteoarthritis (OA) Patients

The Impact of Daily Cane Use on Pain, Function, Quality of Life and Energy Consumption During the Gait in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
64 (actual)
Sponsor
Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Sixty four participants were enrolled in a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of daily cane use on pain, function, quality of life and energy consumption during the gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Detailed description

Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICECaneThis group use the cane every day since the baseline

Timeline

Start date
2005-01-01
Primary completion
2007-07-01
Completion
2007-07-01
First posted
2008-06-17
Last updated
2008-06-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00698412. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.

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