NCT01099371

Resistance Training in Knee Osteoarthritis

Progressive Resistance Training in Women With Knee Osteoarthritis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether: 1. Progressive resistance training improves pain and disability 2. Progressive Resistance training improves muscular strength, ability to walk and quality of life

Detailed description

Patients in experimental group participated in a 12-week progressive resistance training using a repetition maximum (RM) exercise in which patients performed 1RM with the maximum bearable weight. Once the 1RM was determined, training was divided into the following regimen: 2 series of 8 repetitions, the first with 50% and the second with 70% of 1RM. The exercises were knee extension and flexion and hip abduction and adduction, all performed in machines. The 1RM load was reevaluated every 2 weeks. The control group remained on a three-month waiting list for physiotherapy. Patients were assessed for pain, function, quality of life, muscle strength and six-minute walk test.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	exercise	progressive resistance training

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-02-01
• Completion: 2011-02-01
• First posted: 2010-04-07
• Last updated: 2010-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil