NCT01037972

Influence of Whole Body Vibration Compared to Conventional Physiotherapy in Patients With Gonarthrosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Cologne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

40 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee will be randomly assigned to conventional physiotherapy on the one and whole body vibration exercises on the other hand. The duration of the training will be 6 weeks, three times a week. The outcome will be measured by WOMAC and SF-12 scores relating to pain and quality of life. The second outcome criteria will be a motion analysis and balance testing before and after the training. The follow-up is 26 weeks.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Conventional physiotherapy	3 times weekly 30 minutes of conventional physiotherapy to strengthen muscular strength and balance in the lower extremity.
BEHAVIORAL	Whole body vibration	3 times weekly 30 minutes of exercises on a whole body vibration device to strengthen muscular strength and improve muscular balance in the lower extremity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2009-12-23
• Last updated: 2011-10-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany