Obesity and the Initiation of Knee Osteoarthritis

Completed

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Healthy adults aged 20-60 of varying weights will participate in this minimally invasive study. There is one 4-hour appointment for which subjects are paid $120. The tests involve: 1 tube blood draw, 1 gait test (motion capture) and 1 MR of both knees.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00856739

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

177

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-19

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy Adults aged 20-60 who have no history of LE surgery
• Healthy adults able to walk 30 minutes
• Healthy adults able to have MR

You may not qualify if…

• Adults who have had LE surgery
• Adults cannot walk 30 minutes
• Adults who cannot tolerate MR
• Adults with osteoarthritis

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System — Palo Alto, California, United States

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