Effects of Internet / Web-based Exercises on the Population With Knee Arthritis
CompletedNot applicableNCT03545048
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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)
1. To test whether internet-based exercises reduce the pain in knee OA 2. To check whether internet-based exercises improve the physical activity in the patients with knee OA. 3. To explore the correlation between sleep, knee inflammation (effusion, synovial hypertrophy or/and synovial hyper vascularity) and biomarkers of insulin resistance and knee pain.
Study details
- Official title
- A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of Internet-Based Exercise Program Aimed at Treating Knee Osteoarthritis (iBEAT-OA)
- Interventions
- Other: Internet based exercises
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
- Collaborators
- Arthritis Research UK; National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
- Start date
- 2018-10-15
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 45 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 45 years and onward. * Clinical diagnosis of knee arthritis with complaints of knee pain for 3-6 months, early morning stiffness \<30 minutes, crepitus, bony tenderness, and no palpable warmth and radiographically established osteoarthritis (at least score 1 on K/L scale) * Able to read and write English * Able to use/access computer or tablet and have access to internet Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to give informed consent - (capacity levels are already established under General practitioner care) * Terminal or mental illness * Neurological conditions, inflammatory joint diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, gout or calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD), and dementia * Patients with sleep apnea * Acute soft tissue injury to the knee within last 3 months before recruiting * Unstable heart condition or rapid fluctuations in hypertension
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03545048