Effect of Structured Exercise in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Physical Inactivity
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 55 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 80 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Other
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About This Trial
The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of Nordic walking and inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on cardiopulmonary function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Mild-to-moderate knee OA patients are randomly allocated into Experimental group (Nordic walking plus routine management) or Control group (Routine management). While End-stage knee OA patients are rando…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* pain on the most days in one or both knees in the past month;
* difficulty with at least one of daily living activities measured by the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scale;
* radiographic evidence of knee OA in the tibial-femoral compar…
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