Home-Based Exercise and Weight Control Program for Pain Control in Overweight Elderly With Osteoarthritis of the Knee
CompletedNot applicableNCT00126737
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a home-based exercise and weight control program applied to elderly overweight individuals with painful osteoarthritis of the knee, would result in pain reduction.
Study details
- Official title
- Home-Based Exercise and Weight Control Program for Pain Control in Overweight Elderly With Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- Conditions
- Chronic Diseases
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Weight Control Nutritional Program
- Other: Home-based exercise program
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Organization
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2002-10
- Primary completion
- 2008-02
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 50 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Male \& female 50 years old * Diagnosis of osteoarthritis by American College of Rheumatology criteria * Knee radiographs of Kellgren and Lawrence grade 2-4 * American Arthritis Association functional class 1-3 * Body mass index of 27 Exclusion Criteria: * Knee arthritis which did not meet American College of Rheumatology (ACR) OA criteria * Unable to engage in exercise or follow instruction * Limited shoulder range of motion
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00126737