Effects of Feldenkrais Exercises in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Riphah International University
- Where
- Lahore, PakistanSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 32 people, planned
- Started
- 2 Jan 2025
- Planned end
- 15 Sept 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Feldenkrais exercises
- Standard physical therapy interventions
- Record updated
- 13 March 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 40 years to 60 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age between 40 to 60 years of patients
- Both female and male
- Able to walk for 6 minutes (Timed up-and-go test)
- Able to rise from floor
- Grade 2 and 3 of osteoarthritis diagnosed with radiograph (Kellgren and Lawrence classification system)
- Pain reported on VAS score ˃6/10 in knee region for more than 3 months
Who cannot take part
- • Tuberculosis, carcinoma, heart disease, and osteoporosis; Any trauma or localized infection in the knee joint; Hyper flexibility; Open sores; Ongoing radiotherapy, chemotherapy, steroid therapy, or anticoagulants; Psychiatric diseases such as phobia/obsession and depression; Allergy to hot pack; Patients with a history of surgery in the knee region within a year; Severe cognitive impairments; Contraindications to physical activity; Concurrent participation in other physical therapy programs
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 40 and 60 years old?
Where in Pakistan
- RIPHAH Rehabilitation Clinic, Punjab, PakistanLahore, PakistanContact: Ghulam Fatima, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The primary objective of the study is to determine the effects of Feldenkrais Exercises on Pain, Range of Motion, and Disability in Patients with Knee osteoarthritis. Knee osteoarthritis poses significant challenges in pain management, mobility improvement, and disability reduction among middle-aged to older adults. Feldenkrais Method offers benefits comparable to back school lessons or core stability exercises. This study, conducted as a Randomized Controlled Trial at RIPHAH Rehabilitation Clinic, aims to assess the efficacy of Feldenkrais exercises compared to conventional physical therapy in addressing pain, range of motion, and disability in knee osteoarthritis patients aged 40-60 years. A non-probability convenience sampling method will recruit 32 participants meeting specific criteria for osteoarthritis severity and functional ability. Participants will be randomly assigned to Group A (Feldenkrais exercises) or Group B (conventional therapy), with interventions delivered over four weeks. Group A will engage in Feldenkrais exercises targeting pelvic and lower limb mobility, while Group B will receive standard treatments including knee isometrics, mobilization, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, and heating pad applications. Pain severity will be measured using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Range of Motion assessed via goniometry, and disability evaluated using the Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index. Statistical analysis using SPSS will compare outcomes between groups at baseline, post-treatment, and follow-up assessments.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Group-A (Feldenkrais exercises)Treatment being tested
This group of participants will engage in Feldenkrais exercises focused on pain, improved mobility, and disability. Each session will last 30 minutes, conducted twice a week for 4 weeks. The exercises include Pelvic Clock Exercise, Knee Rolling, Ankle Circles, Knee Flexion and Extension and Leg Slides.
Treatment: Feldenkrais exercises
- Group-B (Standard Physicaltherapy interventions)Existing treatment, for comparison
Participants will receive standard physical therapy interventions for knee osteoarthritis. Protocol: * Knee Isometrics: Isometric exercises targeting the quadriceps and hamstrings, performed for 10 minutes, twice a week. * Knee Mobilization * Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS). * Heating Pad Duration: 30-minute sessions, conducted twice a week for 4 weeks.
Treatment: Standard physical therapy interventions
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effects of Feldenkrais Exercises on Pain, Range of Motion, and Disability in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06875817, who can take part
- Record updated
- 13 March 2025