Implementing a Group Physical Therapy Program for Veterans (GroupPT): Function QUERI 3.0

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Conditions studied: Knee Osteoarthritis

In brief

Implementing Group Physical Therapy for Veterans with Knee Osteoarthritis (Group PT): Function QUERI 3.0 aims to compare two implementation approaches for implementing Group PT in 20 VA facilities using a type III effectiveness-implementation hybrid study framework and parallel cluster randomized trial (CRT) design.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07215572

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

20

Starts

2026-04-30

Expected to finish

2030-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-07

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Sites are eligible to participate if they have:
• 2 outpatient PT clinicians (one primary and one back-up) for delivering Group PT
• space to conduct group sessions (if delivering Group PT in person) or ability to conduct visits via telehealth (video)
• Patients will be eligible for Group PT if they have a clinician diagnosis of symptomatic knee OA.

You may not qualify if…

• Site will be ineligible to participate if they are already conducting a group physical therapy class for patients with knee OA.
• Patients will be ineligible for Group PT if they have a substantial fall risk or co-occurring health conditions that would make participation in a group exercise class unsafe.

Where it is running

• Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC — Durham, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)

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