Effectiveness of Cane in Osteoarthritis (OA) Patients

Federal University of São Paulo64 enrolled

Overview

Sixty four participants were enrolled in a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of daily cane use on pain, function, quality of life and energy consumption during the gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

CaneDEVICE

This group use the cane every day since the baseline

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Primary Knee osteoarthritis (ACR criteria) * VAS for knee pain between 3 and 7 * No changes the NSAID intake or physical activity in the previous 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Symptomatic heart or pulmonary disease * Severe systemic disease * Other symptomatic disease in the lower limb or in the upper limb that will carry the cane * Joint injection in the previous 3 months * PT in the previous 3 months * Previously cane use * Start regular physical activity in the last month

Locations (1)

Federal University of Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain - visual analogue scale

Time frame: T0, T30 and T60

Secondary Outcomes

Function - Lequesne index

Time frame: T0, T30 and T60

Function - WOMAC questionnaire

Time frame: T0,T30 and T60

Quality of life - SF-36

Time frame: T0, T30 and T60

Energy consumption (VO2)- gas analysis with and without cane during the 6MWT

Time frame: T0, T30 and T60

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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