The Effect of a Group Exercise Intervention on Balance in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: a Pilot Study

NCT06807541 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 101716
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

In this study, the investigators want to find out if a 12-week exercise program improves balance in people with knee osteoarthritis. This study will involve two visits to the School of Kinesiology at the University of the Fraser Valley (Chilliwack campus). Each visit will last approximately one hour. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires and complete a balance test. In between visits, participants will complete 12 weeks of an exercise program specifically designed for adults with osteoarthritis. Participants will do the exercise classes twice per week. Classes can be done in person or at home Each exercise class is 45-minutes long and consists of flexibility, strength, and coordination exercises. In each class there are options to either increase or decrease the intensity of each exercise to cater to varying fitness levels and fluctuating symptoms. Each exercise has an assisted (using a chair for balance), body weight, and resisted (weight or exercise tubing) option. Participants will fill out an exercise diary each week to let the investigators know what days they did the exercise classes, and whether they experienced any changes in their knee osteoarthritis symptoms.

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Keywords

knee osteoarthritis; balance; exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Balance- Community Balance and Mobility Scale

  Community Balance and Mobility Scale- scaled from 0 to 96, where higher scores indicate higher balance (better outcome).

  From enrolment until the end of the treatment at 12 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Symptoms- Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index

  From enrolment until the end of the treatment at 12 weeks.

• Symptoms- Oxford Knee Score

  From enrolment until the end of the treatment at 12 weeks.

Study Arms (1)

Exercise program

EXPERIMENTAL

Twice weekly exercise classes, for 12 weeks

Behavioral: Exercise intervention

Interventions

Exercise intervention BEHAVIORAL

45 minute exercise classes. Twice per week for 12 weeks.

Exercise program

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Medial compartment knee osteoarthritis, diagnosed from a physician or meeting the American College of Rheumatology Clinical Classification Criteria for Osteoarthritis of the knee
• Pass the Get Active Questionnaire to ensure that they are safe to begin an exercise program

You may not qualify if:

• i) severe knee trauma, knee surgery, or intraarticular knee joint injections in the previous six months ii) active synovitis iii) concurrent neurological (i.e. Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's dementia, or polyneuropathy), endocrine (i.e., diabetes mellitus) and/or vestibular disorders which may affect balance iv) chronic disease that may put them at risk during the exercise classes (i.e., history of heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive lung disease) v) uncorrected visual impairment which may affect balance vi) an inflammatory rheumatic disease (i.e., rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and chronic reactive arthritis)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of the Fraser Valley: lead

Study Sites (2)

University of the Fraser Valley

Chilliwack, British Columbia, V2R0N3, Canada

NOT YET RECRUITING

University of the Fraser Valley

Chilliwack, British Columbia, V2R0N3, Canada

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Knee; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Osteoarthritis; Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Behavior

Study Officials

• Gillian Hatfield, PhD

  University of the Fraser Valley

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Gillian Hatfield, PhD

CONTACT

1 604-504-7441; gillian.hatfield@ufv.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2025
• First Posted: February 4, 2025
• Study Start: February 18, 2025
• Primary Completion: June 19, 2025
• Study Completion: June 19, 2025
• Last Updated: April 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: Available from August 2025 until August 2034
• Access Criteria: Data will be shared with other researchers at academic institutions. A proposal that describes planned analyses must be submitted and a data sharing agreement must be signed. Proposals may be submitted to the primary investigator for review.

Locations

CA (2)