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- Clinical Trial NCT01058304
Group Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis
Group Physical Therapy for Veterans With Knee Osteoarthritis
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common health problems and a leading cause of disability among veterans. Physical therapy (PT) and ongoing exercise are associated with reduced pain and improved physical function among patients with knee OA, yet the majority of veterans with OA are physically inactive. Furthermore, PT services are a limited resource in the VA health care system, with demand exceeding supply. VA patients with knee OA generally receive only one or two PT visits. Prior research indicates this amount of clinical contact time is not sufficient to provide patients with the assessment, instruction, and support needed to adopt and maintain an exercise program, particularly in the context of a chronic pain condition. Therefore development, testing, and implementation of mechanisms to cost-effectively expand PT services for knee OA may play a key role in improving pain and other outcomes in this large group of veterans. This research examines a group-based approach to delivering PT for knee OA, which can extend services to more veterans, for a greater number of sessions per veteran, at lower staffing costs. The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a group-based PT program for knee OA with usual individual PT care for knee OA.
This study will be a randomized controlled trial of a 12-week, group-based PT program among N=320 veterans with symptomatic knee OA at the Durham VA Medical Center (VAMC). Participants will be randomly assigned to the group-based PT program or individual PT (usual care). The group PT arm will include 6 1-hour visits (every other week) led by a physical therapist and exercise physiologist or physical therapy assistant, with 8 participants per group. The individual PT arm, modeled after typical PT care for knee OA at the Durham VAMC and other health care settings, will include 2 1-hour visits with a physical therapist, 2-3 weeks apart. The group PT sessions will include group instruction in joint care (activity pacing and joint projection), group discussion of exercise successes and barriers, group exercise, and scheduled individual consultations with the physical therapist (2 per participant, 15-20 minutes each) to address specific functional and therapeutic needs. While the individual PT sessions will differ in structure, they will include the same informational, assessment, and therapeutic content as the group sessions. Both groups will be given instructions for the same home exercise program. The primary outcome for this study will be the Western Ontario and McMasters Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). The secondary outcome will be objectively assessed physical function (Short Physical Performance Test Protocol). These outcomes will be assessed at baseline and 12-week follow-up. The WOMAC will also be assessed via telephone at 24-week follow-up to examine whether any observed intervention effects are maintained. Mixed linear models will be used to compare outcomes for the two study arms. We will also conduct an economic analysis of the group-based PT program.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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North Carolina
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Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705
- Durham VA Medical Center HSR&D COE
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Physician diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis in VA medical records
- Current knee symptoms
- No PT care for knee osteoarthritis in past 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of systemic rheumatic disease
- Hospitalized for a stroke, transient ischemic attack, aneurysm, myocardial infarction, coronary artery revascularization, or mental health condition in the past 3 months
- Diagnosis of psychosis
- Diagnosis of dementia
- Current chest pain
- On waiting list for / planning arthroplasty within study period (i.e., next 6 months)
- Resident in nursing home
- Currently participating in another OA-related or lifestyle interventional study
- Knee ligament/meniscus injury (past 1 year)
- Cancer that has spread
- Gout in knees
- Multiple Sclerosis
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Group Physical Therapy for Knee OA
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The group PT arm will include 6 1 to 1 hour visits (every other week) led by a physical therapist and exercise physiologist or PT Assistant, with 8 participants per group.
The group PT sessions will include group instruction in joint care (activity pacing and joint projection), group discussion of exercise successes and barriers, group exercise, and scheduled individual consultations with the physical therapist (2 per participant, 15-20 minutes each) to address specific functional and therapeutic needs.
Participants will also be given instructions for a home exercise program.
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Active Comparator: Individual Physical Therapy for Knee OA
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The individual PT arm, modeled after typical PT care for knee OA at the Durham VAMC and other health care settings, will include 2 1-hour visits with a physical therapist, 2-3 weeks apart.
While the individual PT sessions will differ in structure from the group PT sessions they will include the same informational, assessment, and therapeutic content as the group sessions.
Participants in this group will also be given instructions for the same home exercise program.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Western Ontario and McMasters Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)
Time Frame: 12-weeks, 24-weeks
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WOMAC is a measure of lower extremity pain (5 items), stiffness (2 items), and function (17 items). All items are rated on a Likert scale of 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (extreme symptoms). The total score ranges from 0-96, with higher scores indicating worse symptoms. Note that the baseline mean is a common baseline mean generated from the mixed model used for the primary study analysis. The raw mean for this outcome, overall and by study group, is presented in the table of baseline participant characteristics. |
12-weeks, 24-weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Short Performance Physical Battery (SPPB)
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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This battery of objective physical function tests examines participants' balance (3 tests), gait speed (8-foot walk), and time to rise from a chair and return to the seated position five times. For each test, the possible range if scores is 0-4, for a total range of 0-20 for all five tests, with higher scores indicating better function. Note that the baseline mean is a common baseline mean generated from the mixed model used for the primary study analysis. The raw mean for this outcome, overall and by study group, is presented in the table of baseline participant characteristics. |
12 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Zullig LL, Sanders LL, Shaw RJ, McCant F, Danus S, Bosworth HB. A randomised controlled trial of providing personalised cardiovascular risk information to modify health behaviour. J Telemed Telecare. 2014 Apr;20(3):147-52. doi: 10.1177/1357633X14528446. Epub 2014 Mar 19.
- Allen KD, Bongiorni D, Walker TA, Bartle J, Bosworth HB, Coffman CJ, Datta SK, Edelman D, Hall KS, Hansen G, Jennings C, Lindquist JH, Oddone EZ, Senick MJ, Sizemore JC, St John J, Hoenig H. Group physical therapy for veterans with knee osteoarthritis: study design and methodology. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Mar;34(2):296-304. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.12.007. Epub 2012 Dec 30.
- Zullig LL, Bosworth HB, Jeffreys AS, Corsino L, Coffman CJ, Oddone EZ, Yancy WS Jr, Allen KD. The association of comorbid conditions with patient-reported outcomes in Veterans with hip and knee osteoarthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2015 Aug;34(8):1435-41. doi: 10.1007/s10067-014-2707-y. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
- Allen KD, Lo G, Abbate LM, Floegel TA, Lindquist JH, Coffman C, Oddone EZ, Taylor SS, Hall K. Composite measures of physical activity and pain associate better with functional assessments than pain alone in knee osteoarthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Aug;38(8):2241-2247. doi: 10.1007/s10067-019-04530-4. Epub 2019 Mar 30.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- IIR 09-056
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