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Gait modification for Osteoarthritis

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Waitlist Available
Led By Alison H Chang
Research Sponsored by Northwestern University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
people with radiographic TF OA fulfilling American College of Rheumatology classification criteria
reporting average knee pain on walking > 3 on an 11-point scale (0-10) in at least one knee
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline-to-6-week change
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Study Summary

This trial will test if a six-week program of personalized gait training can help ease symptoms and reduce stress on the knees of people with osteoarthritis.

Eligible Conditions
  • Osteoarthritis

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline-to-6-week change
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline-to-6-week change for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
External knee adduction moment during walking
WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities) score
Secondary outcome measures
External knee flexion moment during walking
KOOS (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score)

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Gait modificationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
In this pilot study, participants modify their gait patterns guided by real-time visual feedback on their medial knee load while walking on an instrumented treadmill.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwestern UniversityLead Sponsor
1,575 Previous Clinical Trials
910,587 Total Patients Enrolled
13 Trials studying Osteoarthritis
876 Patients Enrolled for Osteoarthritis
Alison H ChangPrincipal InvestigatorNorthwestern University
2 Previous Clinical Trials
39 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Osteoarthritis
20 Patients Enrolled for Osteoarthritis

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is enrollment for this trial open to the public?

"Eligibility criteria for this trial are defined as patients between the ages of 50 and 70, who suffer from osteoarthritis in their knee. The study is hoping to recruit 16 individuals."

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Is the geriatric population being considered for this clinical investigation?

"As per the eligibility requirements, only those aged 50 to 70 can join this trial. Conversely, there are 38 studies for individuals under 18 and 657 trials specially designed for seniors 65+."

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What is the population size for this experimental group?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov holds records of this medical study, which was initially advertised on the 11th day of January 2021 and most recently modified on September 26th 2022, that presently requires 16 volunteers to be recruited from 1 facility."

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Is this research opportunity open to new participants?

"This experiment is actively recruiting potential participants, as evidenced by the information on clinicaltrials.gov. This endeavor was initially posted in November of 2021 and has recently been revised for September 2022."

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~1 spots leftby Jun 2024