NCT03198845

Effects of Video Game on Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Therapeutic Effects Video Game Play Therapy on Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: a Single Blind, Randomized-controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To investigate the effects of video game play therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Detailed description

A total of 80 patients with knee osteoarthritis were randomized into two groups, including video game group and exercise group. Physical activity, quality of life, emotion, and balance were assessed at before treatment and follow-up assessments, including at after 2 week of treatment; after 4 weeks of treatment; and 1 and 3 months after treatment is terminated, respectively.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	video game	20-min per session for 3 times per week for a 4-week duration
OTHER	exercise	20-min per session for 3 times per week for a 4-week duration

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-31
• Completion: 2015-07-31
• First posted: 2017-06-26
• Last updated: 2017-06-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan