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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
JRCT ID: jRCTs062180071

Registered date:19/03/2019

FES trial for knee OA

Basic Information

Recruitment status Complete
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedKnee Osteoarthritis
Date of first enrollment12/06/2019
Target sample size30
Countries of recruitment
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)Vastus medialis reeducation by Functional Electrical Stimulator on walking exercise done on once to three times weekly for 6 months followed.

Outcome(s)

Primary OutcomeSeverity of knee osteoarthritis: Kellgren-Lawrence grade
Secondary OutcomeKnee varus thrust, vastus medialis on set time, pain scale, knee function, knee abduct moment, body mass index

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum>= 50age old
Age maximum<= 90age old
GenderBoth
Include criteria1. Kellgren-Lawrence grade 1-3 2. out patient 3. written informed consent 4. without dementia
Exclude criteria1. have disease on the other joints 2. cannot walk 10m 3. risk of fall (a score of 10 or above) 4. deemed inappropriate for this study by doctor 5. using cardiac pacemakers and other implantable medical electrical devices and metal implants 6. history or suspected epilepsy

Related Information

Contact

Public contact
Name Noboru Shimada
Address 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Hiroshima Japan 734-8551
Telephone +81-82-257-5566
E-mail nshimada@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Hiroshima University Hospital
Scientific contact
Name Kai Ushio
Address 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Hiroshima Japan 734-8551
Telephone +81-82-257-5566
E-mail ushiosista@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Hiroshima University Hospital