NCT00154765

Brief Summary

Therapeutic exercise is important to patients with knee osteoarthritis. Few studies reported the effect of therapeutic exercise in proprioception for these patients. The purposes of this study were to investigate the training effect of sling suspension exercises, as a proprioception-training tool, for patients with knee osteoarthritis and further, to build up an model of proprioception training.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
30

participants targeted

Target at below P25 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2003

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 1, 2003

Completed
9 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2003

Completed
1.8 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 8, 2005

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 12, 2005

Completed
Last Updated

November 22, 2005

Status Verified

December 1, 2003

First QC Date

September 8, 2005

Last Update Submit

November 21, 2005

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • Significant difference on joint reposi-tion test (p<.05)

  • No difference on functional ambulating test and WOMAC index (p>.05) between the 2 groups.

  • In the training group, all mea-surements got significant improvement (p<.05) except one of the functional ambulating tests.

Interventions

sling suspension exercisesDEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Age50 Years - 70 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • aged 50 to 70, both genders, diagnosed as knee osteoarthritis, grading 2 or 3 in Kellgren's scale

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

ArthritisJoint DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesRheumatic Diseases

Study Officials

  • J Y Tsauo, PhD

    Grad School of PT, Collegeof Medicine, NTU

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
ECT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 8, 2005

First Posted

September 12, 2005

Study Start

March 1, 2003

Study Completion

December 1, 2003

Last Updated

November 22, 2005

Record last verified: 2003-12

Locations

TW(1)