๐ฌIn plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
The objective of the study is to explore the effects of arm exercise (UE, arm ergometer) vs. leg exercise (LE, cycling ergometer) on exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH), central pain mechanisms and knee pain in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Furthermore, we will explore relations of socioeconomic status, racial discrimination, acculturative stress, and autonomic function to exercise effects on EIH, central pain mechanisms, and knee pain. This will be a pilot randomized cross-over study where all participants undergo Day 1 (baseline assessments), Day 2 (UE or LE), and Day 3 (UE or LE).
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๐ Eligibility rules (as published)
Participants with knee OA (Target n=40)
Inclusion Criteria:
We will recruit participants with knee OA, using the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's clinical diagnostic criteria, which does not require radiographs. The clinical diagnostic criteria include:
* age โฅ45
* activity-related knee pain
* either no morning joint-related stiffness or stiffness that lasts โค 30 minutes.
* knee pain at least 4 on a 0-10 pain scale
* knee pain as a chief complaint if having multiple pain
* understand English
Exclusion Criteria:
* peripheral neuropathy or other sensation loss on the body sites for pain measurements (i.e., the wrist, knee, the forearm)
* use of medical devices electrically active (e.g., pacemaker)
* chronic use of opioids
* pregnant women
* serious and uncontrolled concomitant disease, including cardiovascular, nervous system, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, metabolic, hormonal, endocrine, gastrointestinal or epileptic disease
* rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and any neurological disorders that prevent the study procedure
* cognitive impairment
* history of a knee replacement surgery
* inability to perform exercise due to severe pain or other symptoms
* any intervention procedures for knee pain in the last 3 months
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for pain-free controls (Target n = 20) Pain-free controls are not having a pain-related medical condition. They have to speak and understand English. Pain-free controls are excluded if they had experienced a pain episode, caused by musculoskeletal injury or otherwise in the previous 3 months.
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, United States
๐ค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ always decide together with your own doctor.