Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03588195
Educational Program for Knee Osteoarthritis
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Educational Program in Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Knee: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 40 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Sixty patients with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis, aged between 40 and 80 years, of both genders were included. The patients were divided into: experimental group that carried out an educational program - 5 consecutive sessions held once a week, with a duration of 60 minutes each class and at the end of the last class, a booklet was delivered for each patient with all the contents of the classes and the Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation device - being performed twice weekly, for 5 weeks for 40 minutes each session; and control group who only underwent treatment with the Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation in the same parameters as experimental group. The evaluations were performed at the beginning of the treatment, 4 and 12 weeks after the beginning of the treatment using a numerical pain scale; WOMAC; IDATE and SF-36 questionnaires; and 6-minute walk test.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Educational Program | Educational program consist in 5 consecutive sessions held once a week, with a duration of 60 minutes each class and at the end of the last class, a booklet was delivered for each patient with all the contents of the classes. This group also received Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation twice weekly, for 5 weeks for 40 minutes each session |
| DEVICE | Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation | Transcutaneous Nerve Electro-Stimulation performed twice weekly, for 5 weeks for 40 minutes each session |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-10-24
- Completion
- 2018-06-17
- First posted
- 2018-07-17
- Last updated
- 2018-07-26
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03588195. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.