Recruiting

Exercise & Education

Sponsor:

Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

Code:

NCT04363476

Conditions

Osteoarthritis Knees Both Post-Traumatic

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21 - 33

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

SHRED Osteoarthritis program

Study Details

Brief 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.

Conditions

Osteoarthritis Knees Both Post-Traumatic

Study ID

NCT04363476

Start date

Jan 4, 2020

Status verified date

Apr, 2020

Completion date

Apr, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2020

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21 - 33

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention

8-week exercise and education intervention. Two 60-minute physiotherapist-lead group exercise classes with education incorporated will be delivered weekly for 8 weeks (16 classes). In addition, participants will complete a 30-minute home exercise session once a week for 8-weeks (8 sessions). After the intervention, the group will enter a 16-week maintenance stage. During maintenance, a 30-minute home exercise program is completed twice a week.

other: Control

The control group will not receive an intervention during the first 8-weeks of the study. Being a step-wedge design, this group will receive the same 8-week exercise and education intervention later, after the intervention group has completed the intervention and the post-intervention testing. After the control group has completed the 8-week intervention, they will enter an 8-week maintenance stage. During maintenance, a 30-minute home exercise program is completed twice a week.

Interventions

SHRED Osteoarthritis program

Combined exercise and education intervention

Primary outcome measure

  • Knee Extension Strength [ Time Frame: Baseline, 8-weeks, 16-weeks and 24-weeks ]
  • Participation Rate [ Time Frame: Duration of the 8-week intervention for both study groups (week 1 to 8 for intervention group, week 9 to 16 for control group. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Anu M Räisänen, PT, PhD

14038705721anu.raisanen@ucalgary.ca

Locations

University of Calgary Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

Recruiting

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2L 2L5

More Information

Sponsor

Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

Last update posted

Apr 27, 2020

Last verified

Apr, 2020

Keywords

  • osteoarthritis
  • prevention
  • exercise

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre on 2020-04-27.