Clinical trial NCT02919020: Efficacy of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Older Women With Gonarthrosis
Official title: Efficacy of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation About Functional Performance, Pain and Quality of Life in Older Women With Gonarthrosis: Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Osteoarthritis Knee
Keywords: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF )
resistance exercise
Lead sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Daniella Araújo de Oliveira
name: Angélica da Silva Tenório
First posted: 2016-09-29
Enrollment: 15
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 50
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To evaluate the effectiveness of the method Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) as physical therapy approach to the reduction of pain and improvement in functional performance and quality of life in women with knee osteoarthritis.

Detailed description: Patients will be divided into two groups: group perform proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and other group submit performing resistance exercises.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women;
* Age between 50 and 80 years;
* Clinical diagnosis of Osteoarthritis of knees ;
* Patients with presence of at least 90 ° range of motion of knee flexion ;
* Do not practitioners of physical exercise and physical therapy during the period of participation in the survey

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of other rheumatological and neurological diseases ;
* orthopedic surgery History in the lower limbs ;
* Individuals with muscle strength of the lower limbs \<3 ;
* Cognitive impairment or neurological disease that compromises the understanding and implementation of the Protocol (Mini Mental State Examination \<18 for the illiterate and \<24 for others);
* Body mass index ≥ 30.0 (obesity , according to the World Health Organization ) .
* Individuals classified as physical activity level "very active" by the IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire ) .

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in pain
timeFrame: "change from baseline in pain 6th - 12th week"
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: change from baseline in quality of life 6th-12th week
measure: Functional performance
timeFrame: Change based on functional performance 6th - 12th week
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: Change based on functional performance 6th - 12th week
measure: Functional Performance
timeFrame: Change based on functional performance 6th - 12th week
measure: Functional Performance
timeFrame: "Walk Test of 40 meters at a rapid pace
Secondary outcomes:
measure: pain sensitivity threshold
timeFrame: change from baseline in pain threshold 6th-12th week pressure
measure: Range of motion
timeFrame: "change from baseline in the range of knee flexion 6th-12th week"
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Petrolina
country: Brazil
facility: Hospital Universitário Drº Washigton Antônio de Barros
state: Pernambuco
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
name: Daniella A Oliveira
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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