NCT02881463

Prehabilitation Physical Activity in Persons With Osteoarthritis

Prehabilitation Physical Activity: Relationship With Muscle Function, Postural Stability and Postoperative Recovery in Persons With Osteoarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Tartu · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) reduces functional mobility and performance of daily tasks such as rising from a chair. Therefore interventions aimed at improving muscle strength and sit-to-stand task performance are very important for these patients. The effect of exercise programs, including home exercise programs (HEP), on muscle strength, joint pain and function is well known and widely researched, yet not many studies have investigated the effect of an HEP on electromyographic activity (EMG) of muscles when performing everyday tasks, such as rising from and sitting on a chair. The aim of this study was to investigate effect of prehabilitation in women with severe knee joint OA scheduled for knee joint arthroplasty (TKA).

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	therapeutical exercises	Participants of experimental group performs daily an 8-week home therapeutical exercise program. Exercises are periodized by weeks (1-8 weeks). The aim of program is the leg muscle strengthening using an elastic band (Thera-Band, System of Progressive Exercise, USA), body balance training, and leg muscle stretching.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2016-08-29
• Last updated: 2016-09-13