Recruiting

Group Exercise

Sponsor:

University of the Fraser Valley

Code:

NCT06807541

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Exercise intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

In this study, the investigators want to find out if a 12-week exercise program improves balance in people with knee osteoarthritis.

This study will involve two visits to the School of Kinesiology at the University of the Fraser Valley (Chilliwack campus). Each visit will last approximately one hour. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires and complete a balance test. In between visits, participants will complete 12 weeks of an exercise program specifically designed for adults with osteoarthritis. Participants will do the exercise classes twice per week. Classes can be done in person or at home

Each exercise class is 45-minutes long and consists of flexibility, strength, and coordination exercises. In each class there are options to either increase or decrease the intensity of each exercise to cater to varying fitness levels and fluctuating symptoms. Each exercise has an assisted (using a chair for balance), body weight, and resisted (weight or exercise tubing) option. Participants will fill out an exercise diary each week to let the investigators know what days they did the exercise classes, and whether they experienced any changes in their knee osteoarthritis symptoms.

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Study ID

NCT06807541

Start date

Feb 18, 2025

Status verified date

Jan, 2025

Completion date

Jun 19, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 19, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Medial compartment knee osteoarthritis, diagnosed from a physician or meeting the American College of Rheumatology Clinical Classification Criteria for Osteoarthritis of the knee
  • Pass the Get Active Questionnaire to ensure that they are safe to begin an exercise program

Exclusion Criteria:

i) severe knee trauma, knee surgery, or intraarticular knee joint injections in the previous six months ii) active synovitis iii) concurrent neurological (i.e. Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's dementia, or polyneuropathy), endocrine (i.e., diabetes mellitus) and/or vestibular disorders which may affect balance iv) chronic disease that may put them at risk during the exercise classes (i.e., history of heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive lung disease) v) uncorrected visual impairment which may affect balance vi) an inflammatory rheumatic disease (i.e., rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and chronic reactive arthritis)

Study Design

Enrollment

32 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Exercise program

Twice weekly exercise classes, for 12 weeks

Interventions

Exercise intervention

45 minute exercise classes. Twice per week for 12 weeks.

Primary outcome measure

  • Balance- Community Balance and Mobility Scale [ Time Frame: From enrolment until the end of the treatment at 12 weeks. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Gillian Hatfield, PhD

1 604-504-7441gillian.hatfield@ufv.ca

Locations

University of the Fraser Valley

Recruiting

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, V2R0N3

Contacts

Gillian Hatfield, PhD

1 604-504-7441gillian.hatfield@ufv.ca

Principal Investigator:

Gillian Hatfield, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of the Fraser Valley

Last update posted

Apr 1, 2025

Last verified

Jan, 2025

Keywords

  • knee osteoarthritis
  • balance
  • exercise

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of the Fraser Valley on 2025-04-01.