An interventional study of Exercise and Control in Knee Osteoarthritis, sponsored by Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 45 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-10-17.
Sponsored by Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Hypothesis: Group cycling classes (Spinning®) will improve pain and functional outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Methods: Patients with symptomatic knee OA will be randomized to active Spinning® classes 2-3 per week or control group for 3 months. Outcomes including gait speed, WOMAC, KOOS, KOS, and VAS pain at rest and after 6 min walk will be performed at baseline and at 12 weeks.
4,399 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis; 583 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 37 is below the median of 70 across 3,440 interventional studies indexed under Osteoarthritis.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients began the exercise intervention after randomization for 12 weeks
Other: Exercise
Patients were asked not to change their baseline exercise program
Other: Control
Patients randomized to treatment arm attended 2-3 Spinning classes per week for 12 weeks.
Patients randomized to the control arm were instructed not to change their baseline exercise programs
Preferred gait speed
Time frame: 12 weeks
WOMAC
Time frame: 12 weeks
KOS
Time frame: 12 weeks
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