Reaching Exercise Goals: Comparison of Exercise Means in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Completed

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis, Knee

In brief

The primary objective is to evaluate water based treadmill exercise, land based treadmill exercise, and upright cycling in meeting American College of Sports Medicine exercise goals for moderate exercise. The secondary objective is to compare exercise tolerance for water based treadmill, land based treadmill, and upright cycling in meeting American College of Sports Medicine exercise goals for moderate exercise. The tertiary objective is to evaluate quality of life improvements for water based treadmill exercise, land based treadmill exercise, and upright cycling.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01359124

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

60

Starts

2011-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-27

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 30-60
• Knee pain
• Radiographically confirmed knee osteoarthritis

You may not qualify if…

• Medical conditions contraindicating moderate aerobic exercise as determined through prescreening questions, ie: heart condition, asthma, history of stroke.
• Inability to exercise via treadmill or exercise cycle
• Contraindication to radiography
• Pregnancy
• History of recent joint injection (steroid, synvisc, etc.) within 6 weeks of study
• History of previous joint arthroplasty
• History of inflammatory joint disease
• Inability to sign informed consent

Where it is running

• Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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