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CompletedNCT01037972Updated Oct 12, 2011

Influence of Whole Body Vibration Compared to Conventional Physiotherapy in Patients With Gonarthrosis

An observational study in Osteoarthritis, sponsored by University of Cologne. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-10-12.

Sponsored by University of Cologne · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40
Ages
30 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

40 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee will be randomly assigned to conventional physiotherapy on the one and whole body vibration exercises on the other hand. The duration of the training will be 6 weeks, three times a week.

The outcome will be measured by WOMAC and SF-12 scores relating to pain and quality of life. The second outcome criteria will be a motion analysis and balance testing before and after the training.

The follow-up is 26 weeks.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteoarthritis

Keywords

  • Galileo
  • Whole body vibration
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Knee
  • Physiotherapy
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In context

Osteoarthritis

4,398 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis; 582 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 100 across 791 observational studies indexed under Osteoarthritis.

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Lead sponsor

University of Cologne is the lead sponsor of 199 studies on the registry; 26 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Inclusion criteria

  • 30-80 years old
  • WOMAC 30-70 mm (VAS)
  • Gonarthrosis (Kellgren/Lawrence) II-III

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • WOMAC >70 mm (VAS)
  • Endoprosthesis in lower extremity
  • BMI >40 kg/m2
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • Whole body vibration

    Behavioral: Whole body vibration

  • Conventional physiotherapy

    Behavioral: Conventional physiotherapy

Interventions

  • BehavioralConventional physiotherapy

    3 times weekly 30 minutes of conventional physiotherapy to strengthen muscular strength and balance in the lower extremity.

    Also known as: Galileo

  • BehavioralWhole body vibration

    3 times weekly 30 minutes of exercises on a whole body vibration device to strengthen muscular strength and improve muscular balance in the lower extremity.

    Also known as: Galileo Whole body vibration

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Reduction

    Time frame: 6 weeks after inclusion

Secondary outcomes

  1. Motion analysis

    Time frame: 6 weeks after inclusion

  2. Pain reduction

    Time frame: 12 weeks after inclusion

  3. Pain reduction

    Time frame: 26 weeks after inclusion

  4. Motion analysis

    Time frame: 12 weeks after inclusion

  5. Motion analysis

    Time frame: 26 weeks after inclusion

  6. Quality of life

    Time frame: 6 weeks after inclusion

  7. Quality of life

    Time frame: 12 weeks after inclusion

  8. Quality of life

    Time frame: 26 weeks after inclusion

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Study locations

1 site
  • University Hospital of Cologne
    Cologne, 50924, Germany
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References and documents

Publications

  • Stein G, Knoell P, Faymonville C, Kaulhausen T, Siewe J, Otto C, Eysel P, Zarghooni K. Whole body vibration compared to conventional physiotherapy in patients with gonarthrosis: a protocol for a randomized, controlled study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 Jun 21;11:128. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-128. PubMed 20565956 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 12, 2011, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01037972
Lead sponsor
University of Cologne
Responsible party
Dr. Gregor Stein (Dr. med, University of Cologne) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 23, 2009
Start date
Mar 2010
Primary completion
Jun 2011
Completion
Oct 2011
Last update
Oct 12, 2011

Study contacts

Kourosh Zarghooni, MD
principal investigator · University of Cologne
Gregor Stein, MD
study director · University of Cologne

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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