Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT04154059
Strengthening Program for Foot-ankle Muscles in People With Knee Osteoarthritis
Effects of a Strengthening Program for Foot-ankle Muscles in Clinical Aspects and Gait Biomechanics of People With Knee Osteoarthritis: a Randomized Blinded Clinical Trial
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 40 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The main objective of this trial is To evaluate the effect of an ankle and foot muscle strengthening program on pain, analgesic consumption, functionality, and lower limb biomechanics during gait in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
Detailed description
A randomized controlled trial will be performed with 76 patients with knee osteoarthritis. The participants will be randomly assigned into either a control group (no exercises; they will keep their recommended clinical treatment) or an intervention group which will receive 8-week physical therapy exercises, three times per week, under the supervision of a physiotherapist. Every exercise has its own progression depending on the subjects' execution, increasing in intensity and difficulty. The subjects will be evaluated in 3 different moments (Baseline, immediately after treatment and 8 weeks follow-up). The hypothesis of this study is that the intervention group will decrease pain and medication intake, and improve functional performance, increase isometric strength of the feet and production of beneficial biomechanical changes during walking compared to the control group.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Intervention Group | Patients will receive a physical therapy intervention for strengthening, stretching and functional training of ankle and foot. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-01-27
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-01
- Completion
- 2023-08-04
- First posted
- 2019-11-06
- Last updated
- 2025-04-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Brazil
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04154059. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.