JointADventure: A Worksite Activity-Diet Intervention for Chronic Knee Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01977872
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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)
JointADventure: A worksite activity-diet intervention for chronic knee pain is a randomized controlled trial evaluation of a physical activity and nutritional worksite intervention to decrease symptoms and disability associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA), a major public health problem and a leading cause of work disability and work absenteeism/presenteeism in the US workforce. The overarching goal of this project is to find an effective and sustainable intervention strategy that can assist large populations of persons with or at risk for knee OA to attain and maintain healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors. This project has to potential to have a tremendous impact on improving symptoms and quality of life of persons with chronic knee pain and decreasing the functional limitation, work absenteeism/presenteeism, and soaring healthcare utilization associated with knee OA.
Study details
- Official title
- JointADventure: A Worksite Activity-Diet Intervention for Chronic Knee Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: A worksite activity-diet intervention
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS); Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Start date
- 2012-06
- Primary completion
- 2014-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * BCBSIL employee * Must be able to ambulate household distances (50 ft) * Must be able to read and speak English * Pain, aching, stiffness in or around one or both knees on most days for at least one month during the past 12 months * BMI of \>25, but \<40 Exclusion Criteria: * Primary diagnosis of fibromyalgia * Any co-morbidity that is more functionally limiting than the knee symptoms (e.g. spinal stenosis, peripheral vascular disease or residual effects of stroke) * Comorbid condition (based on medication review) that contraindicates a physical activity or dietary intervention * Total joint replacement surgery within 1 year or plans for total joint replacement in the next 12 months * Plans to relocate away from the Chicago-land area in the next 12 months * Being on a special diet that is inconsistent with the DASH diet * Concurrent involvement in a weight loss program
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01977872