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Gait Retraining to Reduce Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT01397981
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine how well people can be trained to produce new and
different movements through the use of haptic feedback. One particular application is
retraining individuals to walk differently in order to reduce knee joint loads to prevent or
treat knee osteoarthritis as an alternative to surgical treatments.
Official Title
Evaluation of Haptic Technologies for Movement Retraining
Stanford Investigator(s)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Symptoms of medial compartment pain during the previous 6 weeks
- Radiographic evidence (AP X-ray) of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (KL score
of 3 or less)
- Ability to walk unaided for 25 minutes without rest
- Age > 18
Exclusion Criteria:
- BMI > 30
- Previous injury or surgery on foot, ankle, knee, hip, or back inhibiting ability to
adopt different walking gait
- Use of shoe insert or hinged knee brace
- Corticosteroid injection within the previous 6 weeks
- Age > 80
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Gait retraining
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Pete Shull
650-469-3851