Gait Retraining to Reduce Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2
Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis, Knee
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine how well people can be trained to produce new and different movements through the use of haptic feedback. One particular application is retraining individuals to walk differently in order to reduce knee joint loads to prevent or treat knee osteoarthritis as an alternative to surgical treatments.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01397981
- Run by
- Stanford University
- People needed
- 25
- Starts
- 2011-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-03-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Symptoms of medial compartment pain during the previous 6 weeks
- Radiographic evidence (AP X-ray) of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (KL score of 3 or less)
- Ability to walk unaided for 25 minutes without rest
- Age > 18
You may not qualify if…
- BMI > 30
- Previous injury or surgery on foot, ankle, knee, hip, or back inhibiting ability to adopt different walking gait
- Use of shoe insert or hinged knee brace
- Corticosteroid injection within the previous 6 weeks
- Age > 80
Where it is running
- Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States
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