NCT02295605

Comparison Between Land-based and Water-based Exercises for Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized Controlled Trial

Comparison Between a Land-based and Water-based Muscles Strengthening Program on Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Nove de Julho · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Forty six patients with knee osteoarthritis will be randomly allocated into two groups: water-based exercises and land-based exercises. Both of them will receive a strengthening exercise protocol for lower limb muscles. A blind investigator will assess the patients before and immediately after, 3 months and 6 months following the interventions. The main outcomes will be pain, function and strength.

Detailed description

Forty six patients with knee osteoarthritis will be randomly allocated into two groups: water-based exercises and land-based exercises. Both of them will receive a strengthening exercise protocol for lower limb muscles. A blind investigator will assess the patients before and immediately after, 3 months and 6 months following the interventions. The main outcomes will be pain, function, physical performance and strength.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	water-based exercises	water-based exercise strengthening protocol for lower limb muscles
OTHER	land-based exercises	land-based exercise strengthening protocol for lower limb muscles

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-10-01
• Completion: 2015-11-01
• First posted: 2014-11-20
• Last updated: 2016-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil