The primary aim of the study is to investigate the effects of supervised exercise therapy and education on the immediate response to using a soft knee brace in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Study type: observational Estimated enrollment: 40 participants Observational model: cohort Time perspective: prospective Inclusion Criteria: Assigned for exercise and education due to knee osteoarthrosis Age 18 years or older at the time of recruitment Able to read and understand Danish Exclusion Criteria: Not mentally able to reply to the questionnaire Patients are tested with and without the brace before starting the exercise therapy and education program and re-tested with and without the brace after completing the treatment program (6 weeks) and again at 12 weeks.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Exercise therapy and education, physiotherapy rehab at Aalborg Municipality
Aalborg Municipality, training unit west
Aalborg, Nothern, Denmark
RECRUITINGPain - Numerical rating scale (NRS)
NRS is the most common pain scale for quantification pain. The respondent selects a whole number on a scale from 0-10, that best reflects the intensity of his/her pain. 0 being no pain, 10 being the worst pain imaginable.
Time frame: 6+12 weeks follow-up
Y-balance test (YBT)
The YBT test is a test commonly used in clinical practice to investigate functional balance. The YBT is based on the Star Excursion Balance Test and it has been thoroughly researched. Measured with and without the soft knee brace at baseline, after the treatment program and at 12weeks.
Time frame: 6+12 weeks follow-up
Self-perceived knee stability question
Self-reported by the patients.
Time frame: 6+12 weeks follow-up
40-meter walk test
A test of walking speed over shirt distances and changing direction during walking
Time frame: 6+12 weeks follow-up
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