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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
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
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

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
1,601 Previous Clinical Trials
915,643 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
~0 spots leftby Jun 2024
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