Retro-walking Versus Forward-walking Training Using Underwater Treadmill in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: physical therapy intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis (Knee OA), Osteoarthritis. Basic parameters: 40 years — 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effect of Retro-walking Versus Forward-walking Training Using Underwater Treadmill on Pain and Function in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
Overview
The purpose of this study Will investigate and compare the effects of retro-walking and forward-walking underwater treadmill training on pain, function and ROM in subjects with chronic knee OA
Detailed description
In the current study, Sixty subjects from both genders, the dominant side only will be involved. They will be divided in to three equal groups: group A (experimental1), group B (experimental 2), group C (control), they will be signed a consent form to share in this study which aimed to investigate the effects of retro-walking and forward-walking underwater treadmill training on pain, function and ROM in subjects with chronic knee OA
Interventions
- Other physical therapy intervention
retro-walking and forward-walking underwater treadmill training
Primary outcome measures
- Pain intensity [Time frame: up to three monthes]
- knee disability [Time frame: up to three months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- knee range of motion [Time frame: up to three months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 60 patients with chronic knee OA.
- Age ranges from 40-60 years old of both genders.
- body mass index (BMI) 25- 35kg/m2.
- The degree of osteoarthritis was mild or moderate and have a Kellgren- Lawrence radiographic grade of of1-3.
- unilateral knee osteoarthritis involvement.
Exclusion criteria
- hydrophobia.
- pregnancy.
- infection.
- psychiatric disorder.
- haemorrhagic diathesis.
- cardiac pacemaker.
- all Subjects with deformity of hip, knee \& ankle.
- any CNS or PNS involvement.
- recent steroidal or intraarticular injections (3 months).
- systemic inflammatory disease and bone malignancy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 2 centers
- cairo U — Cairo
- cairo U — Cairo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06896032 · P.T.REC/012/005428