Anti-gravity Treadmill Training in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee Osteoarthritis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female patients ≥ 50 and ≤ 75 years old
- Patients with a diagnosis of knee OA in at least one knee according to the classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
- Patients with Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) knee OA staging II to IV
- Patients reporting knee pain on most days of the past month
- Patients with stable medical and psychological status
- Patients willing to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with serious cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological disease or other musculoskeletal problems (inflammatory rheumatic disease, active synovitis, severe low back pain, hip/knee joint replacement or other hip/knee-related trauma, fracture, or surgery) that impair walking
- Patients with a history of corticosteroid injection to the knee in the last 3 months
- Patients who have received opioid analgesics or systemic corticosteroids in the last 3 months
- Patients who have undergone any exercise program or physical therapy program for the lower extremities in the last 3 months
- Patients with severe vision, hearing and language problems
- Patients with a body mass index ≥35 kg /m²
Sites / Locations
- Gaziler Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Education and Research HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
Other
anti-gravity treadmill
conventional treadmill
Control
Patients in all three study groups will receive hot pack, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), therapeutic ultrasound 3 days a week for 8 weeks. Participants were provided 30 minutes 30% unweighed BWSTT sessions including a 5 minutes warm - up and cool - down period for each session, 3 days a week, for 8 weeks
Patients in all three study groups will receive hot pack, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), therapeutic ultrasound, 3 days a week for 8 weeks. The moderate-intensity aerobic exercise program will be performed for 30 minutes at an intensity of 65-80% of the maximum heart rate, consisting of a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down period.
Patients in all three study groups will receive hot pack, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), therapeutic ultrasound 3 days a week for 8 weeks