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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Self Management Program on Changes in Physical Activity Level of Knee Osteoarthritis Patients in Spa Therapy

An interventional study of 5 educational workshop and written information booklet in Knee Osteoarthritis, Physical Activity and Education, sponsored by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-03.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 4 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jul 2015, registered Nov 2015).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
172
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
50 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary purpose is to evaluate the benefit of an education action of exercise on the level of physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis with the waning of a spa treatment for three weeks, three months after the start of the cure.

Read the detailed description

The aim of this study is to prove the effectiveness of an educational intervention in thermal environment on physical activity level with knee osteoarthritis patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Knee Osteoarthritis
  • Physical Activity
  • Education
  • Self-management
  • Exercise

Keywords

  • Physical activity level
  • Knee osteoarthritis
  • Randomized controlled trials
  • Alternate month design study
  • Self-management
  • Self-care
  • Education and exercise in knee osteoarthritis
  • Education
  • Non pharmacological treatment
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In context

Osteoarthritis, Knee

3,302 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis, Knee; 608 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 172 is above the median of 70 across 2,731 interventional studies indexed under Osteoarthritis, Knee.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand is the lead sponsor of 841 studies on the registry; 178 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients, male or female, aged 50 to 75 years.
  • Patients with knee osteoarthritis clinical criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
  • Patient affiliated to a social security scheme (beneficiary entitled)
  • Patient registered spa
  • Patient has given its consent in writing to

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
172 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention group

    No single group but 2 groups : * Intervention group (5 educational workshop in addition to spa therapy) * Control group (Written information booklet in addition to spa therapy)

    Other: 5 educational workshop

  • Other
    control group

    No single group but 2 groups : * Intervention group (5 educational workshop in addition to spa therapy) * Control group (Written information booklet in addition to spa therapy)

    Other: written information booklet

Interventions

  • Other5 educational workshop
  • Otherwritten information booklet
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Level of physical activity at 3 month, with score on IPAQ Short form

    Time frame: at 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self efficacy at 3 months with score on ASES

    Time frame: at 3 months

  2. Functional status at 3 months with score on WOMAC

    Time frame: at 3 months

  3. Fears and beliefs at 3 months with score on KOFBeQ

    Time frame: at 3 months

  4. Pain at 3 months with score on EVA

    Time frame: at 3 months

  5. Sarcopenia at 18 days

    Time frame: at 18 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • CHU Clermont-Ferrand
    Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Gay C, Guiguet-Auclair C, Coste N, Boisseau N, Gerbaud L, Pereira B, Coudeyre E. Limited effect of a self-management exercise program added to spa therapy for increasing physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A quasi-randomized controlled trial. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 May;63(3):181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2019.10.006. Epub 2019 Nov 30. PubMed 31794857 ↗
  • Gay C, Guiguet-Auclair C, Pereira B, Goldstein A, Bareyre L, Coste N, Coudeyre E. Efficacy of self-management exercise program with spa therapy for behavioral management of knee osteoarthritis: research protocol for a quasi-randomized controlled trial (GEET one). BMC Complement Altern Med. 2018 Oct 16;18(1):279. doi: 10.1186/s12906-018-2339-x. PubMed 30326906 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 3, 2026, 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
NCT02598804
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Collaborators
Clermont Communauté, Innovatherm
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 6, 2015
Start date
Jul 2015
Primary completion
Jan 15, 2017
Completion
Jan 15, 2017
Last update
Aug 3, 2026
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