Tokyo, Oct. 27 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059543) titled 'The Effect of Eight Weeks of Knee-Specific and Whole-Body Aquatic Exercise on Strength, Balance, and Knee Proprioception in People with Knee Osteoarthritis' on Oct. 27.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Single arm
Randomization - Non-randomized
Blinding - Open -no one is blinded
Control - Self control
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - University of Kurdistan
Condition:
Condition - knee osteoarthritis
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - 1. To survey the effect of aquatic exercise on performance
Basic objectives2 - Others
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - 3
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 45
years-old
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Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - 1- A score of at least 39 on the WOMAC questionnaire (Bellamy, 2008), 2- Age between 45 and 60 years, 3- Ability to perform exercises in water, 4- No joint injection or surgery in the past 6 months, 5- No use of oral anti-inflammatory drugs in the past 1 week (before starting the exercise protocol)
Key exclusion criteria - The exclusion criteria were: 1- fear of water, 2- excessive absence (absence of 2 consecutive sessions and 3 non-consecutive sessions), and 3- unwillingness to continue participating in the study.
Target Size - 45
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Enrolling by invitation
Date of protocol fixation - 2024 Year 04 Month 04 Day
Date of IRB - 2025 Year 10 Month 27 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2024 Year 04 Month 05 Day
Last follow-up date - 2024 Year 05 Month 05 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000068110
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