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Study NCT ID:
NCT00154765
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2005-11-22
First Post:
2005-09-08
Brief Title:
Effect of Sling Suspension Exercises in Proprioception of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Organization:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study Overview
Official Title:
Graduate School of Physical Therapy College of Medicine NTU Taiwan
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2003-12
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
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
Detailed Description:
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 train-ing 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 Twelve subjects were recruited in this study The inclusion criteria were aged 50 to 70 both genders diagnosed as knee osteoarthritis grading 2 or 3 in Kellgrens scale After having their consents all subjects received baseline measurements including active joint reposition test functional ambulating test and self-evaluating with Western Ontario McMaster Universities Arthritis Index WOMAC Then they were randomly assigned to training group and reference group Seven subjects in the training group received the treatment of heat interferential current IFC and sling suspension exercises or just only sling suspension exercises Five subjects in the reference group received the treatment of heat and IFC or no intervention The training sessions of sling suspension exercises were 3 times per week lasting for8 weeks After 8-week training both groups were given post-test which is completely the same as pre-test Mann-Whitney U Test was used to test the difference between groups and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used to test pre-post difference in both groups The results showed it was no difference between both groups in all the measurements of pre-test After 8 weeks it showed significant difference on joint reposi-tion test p05 but no difference on functional ambulating test and WOMAC index p05 between the 2 groups In the training group all mea-surements got significant improvement p05 except one of the functional ambulating tests However the reference group only showed significant improvement in pain and physical function subscales of WOMAC p05 This study concludes that the sling suspension exercises designed for patients with knee osteoarthritis improve the proprioception of knee joint The con-tent and concept of sling suspension exercises in this study might be a refer-ence of proprioception training for patients with knee osteoarthritis Increasing case number and elongating the duration of intervention are suggested in further studies
Study Oversight
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None
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None
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None
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