Massage Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
2 other identifiers
interventional
66
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The study is a randomized, controlled clinical trial that investigates the efficacy ogf massage therapy for 66 patients with pain secondary to osteoarthritis of the knee. It is a wait-list design where subjects and randomly assigned to either Group A or Group B. Group A receives two months of massage while Group B is wait-listed, receives two months of usual care. At the conclusion of the wait period, Group B receives two months of massage. In all cases, subjects continue to receive conventional medical care for their OA symptoms. Outcome measures include a WOMAC questionnaire, a visual analog pain scale, time to walk fifty feet and range of motion of the knee (using a goniometer). A research assistant, competent in appropriate subject assessment obtains the outcome measures. Change in medication use is tracked by the use of patient diaries. Assessments of subjects, occurs at baseline, and week 8 and 16 in both the intervention and control groups.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2003
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2003
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2003
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 3, 2006
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 5, 2006
CompletedFebruary 1, 2011
January 1, 2011
May 3, 2006
January 31, 2011
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain and functional scores
Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Range of motion
Time to walk 50 feet
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Radiographically confirmed diagnosis of osteoarthritis
- years of age or greater
- pre-randomization VAS score between 4 and 9
You may not qualify if:
- Rheumatoid, arthritis, fibromyalgia, recurrent or active pseudo-gout, cancer or other serious medical condition
- History of kidney or liver failure
- Asthma requiring steroids
- oral steroids within the last four weeks
- Intra-articular knee depo-corticosteroids within the previous 3 months
- Intra-articular hyaluronate within the previous 6 months
- Arthroscopy of the knee within the previous year
- Significant injury to the knee within the previous 6 months
- rash or open wound over the knee
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center
Livingston, New Jersey, 07039, United States
Related Publications (1)
Perlman AI, Sabina A, Williams AL, Njike VY, Katz DL. Massage therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Dec 11-25;166(22):2533-8. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.22.2533.
PMID: 17159021DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Adam I. Perlman, MD, MPH
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 3, 2006
First Posted
May 5, 2006
Study Start
January 1, 2003
Study Completion
October 1, 2003
Last Updated
February 1, 2011
Record last verified: 2011-01