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Preventing Knee Osteoarthritis Through Exercise and Education Following Knee Injury

Canada40 participantsStarted 2020-01-04

Plain-language summary

This study evaluates the preliminary efficacy of an 8-week exercise and education intervention on musculoskeletal health of young adults with a previous sport-related knee injury that are at high risk of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. In addition, the purpose of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to determine the feasibility of the study methods and procedures to inform the design of a future randomized controlled trial.

Who can participate

Age range21 Years – 33 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Sustained a physician-confirmed intra-articular sport-related knee injury in age 18 years or younger Exclusion Criteria: * Injury or a flare-up at the time of recruitment, which makes the individual unable to participate in more than two exercises in the exercise program * Pregnancy * Any contraindication to exercise * Lower extremity surgery within the last 6 months * Already attending structured supervised exercise or other treatment to improve knee function * Not available to participate in the weekly exercise classes

What they're measuring

Knee Extension Strength

Timeframe: Baseline, 8-weeks, 16-weeks and 24-weeks

Participation Rate

Timeframe: Duration of the 8-week intervention for both study groups (week 1 to 8 for intervention group, week 9 to 16 for control group.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04363476

SponsorSport Injury Prevention Research Centre

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-12

Contact for this trial

Anu M Räisänen, PT, PhD

14038705721 anu.raisanen@ucalgary.ca

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