NCT04325334

Osteoarthritis Running & Cartilage Assessment

Linking Biomechanical and Imaging Outcomes to Better Understand the Effects of Running on Knee Joint Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 74 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of British Columbia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease affecting millions of Canadians. Exercise is a core treatment for knee OA, and is advocated by all clinical guidelines. However, the safety of recreational running in the presence of knee OA is unclear. There are no studies available to provide direct data to appropriately inform runners and clinicians whether running should be advocated for joint health. Our research study will address this gap.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Running volume increase	Participants will receive a 12-week running program to increase their running volume by approximately 10% per week on average, and in accordance with the "10% rule" advocated to minimize injury rates. For the purpose of this study, participants will run using their habitual technique - i.e. no specific instructions on 'how' to run will be provided; rather, they will simply be instructed on 'how much' to run.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-01
• Primary completion: 2024-10-04
• Completion: 2024-10-04
• First posted: 2020-03-27
• Last updated: 2025-03-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada