Effect of walk back training on the treadmill in locomotion of elderly with osteoarthritis of knee

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• Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
• Main ID: RBR-97kdbr
• Date of registration: 04/01/2012
• Primary sponsor: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - Brazil
• Public title: Effect of walk back training on the treadmill in locomotion of elderly with osteoarthritis of knee
• Scientific title: Effect of gait training back on the treadmill in locomotor function of older adults with osteoarthritis of knee
• Date of first enrolment: 30/08/2011
• Target sample size: 40
• Recruitment status: recruiting
• URL: http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-97kdbr/
• Study design: Clinical trial, two arms, double-blind, randomized controlled trial

Countries of recruitment

Brazil

Contacts

• Name: Guilherme Nunes
• Affiliation: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

• Name: Guilherme Nunes
• Affiliation: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Older adults diagnosed with osteoarthritis, male and female, older than 60 years, presence of pain and stiffness of the knee to at least six months for activities in the standing position, joint pain during passive motion, intermittent swelling, radiographic joint degeneration, and who possess a medical certificate allowing physical activity.
Exclusion criteria: Will be excluded individuals who present systemic rheumatic disease, previous surgery of the lower limbs, making use of orthoses for walking, any other condition that would limit or disable the implementation of proposed activities.

Age minimum: 60Y
Age maximum: 0
Gender: -

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Older adults with osteoarthritis of knee
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Intervention(s)

Intervention group: This group will practice walking backwards on a treadmill, five times a week, for two weeks.
Control Group: this group will practice normal gait training on a treadmill for the same period of the intervention group.

Primary Outcome(s)

The outcomes of this study will be obtained from the comparison of the variables collected before and after completion of gait training, namely:
WOMAC: A quality of life questionnaire specific to the evaluation of patients with osteoarthritis.
Kinetic variables: cadence, stride length, comfortable speed of walking, double support phase, the first and second peak force.

Secondary Outcome(s)

There will be secondary outcome

Secondary ID(s)

87/2011

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brazil

Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - Brazil

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brazil

Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - Brazil