Cycling Intervention on Symptoms of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

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Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis, Knee

In brief

This study is designed to determine the effect of a cycling training program which modulates frontal and sagittal plane knee joint loading with graded increases of Q-Factor and cycling workrate in persons with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04139161

Run by

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

People needed

30

Starts

2019-12-17

Expected to finish

2021-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-07

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and Women between the ages of 50 and 75 years old.
• Diagnosed with medial compartment tibiofemoral osteoarthritis in one of their knees.
• Be able to walk unaided for at least 25 consecutive minutes.
• Present with knee pain for at least 6 months occurring on a majority of the days in the month, or on most days (more than or equal to 4 of 7 days in a week) in one or both knees for at least 4 months.
• Osteophytes on knee x-rays.
• Grade 2 or higher out of a maximum of 4 on a modified Kellgren/Lawrence grade on the knee radiograph.

You may not qualify if…

• Initial Visual Analog Scale pain scores greater than 7.
• Diagnosed osteoarthritis of ankles, hips, or symptomatic osteoarthritis of the spine.
• Arthroplasty of any other lower extremity joint.
• BMI value greater than 40 kg/m2.
• Any major lower extremity injury in the past 6 months.
• Systemic Inflammatory Arthritis.
• Systemic Pain Conditions.
• Neurological Conditions that impact gait or cycling.
• Pregnant or Nursing Women.
• Major cardiovascular disease with an exercise limitation prescribed by a physician.
• Steroid injection at the knee within the previous 3 months.

Where it is running

• Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Lab — Knoxville, Tennessee, United States (enrolling)

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