NCT02905747

The Effect of Medical Exercise Therapy on Pain, Function and Physical Activity in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the project is to investigate effects of medical exercise therapy (MET) on patients with knee osteoarthritis. MET is a common physical therapy intervention, and the project aim to strengthen the evidence of this intervention. An experimental cohort design is chosen, and 20 participants will be followed for 6 months. Assessments will be clinical tests, questionnaires and accelerometer measurements before, during, and after a 3 month period of exercise (3 days per week) with a physical therapist. The project will answer if a 3 month physical therapy intervention using MET causes changes in pain level, function and activity level for patients with knee osteoarthritis. In addition, it will investigate whether a single global endurance workout for 30 minutes will have an effect on pain level for these patients

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Medical Exercise Therapy	physiotherapy intervention with Medical exercise therapy (MET) during 3 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2016-09-19
• Last updated: 2019-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway