Vascular Occlusion for Optimizing Functional Improvement in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

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Recent research in strength training physiology revealed that implementation of occlusion garments around the proximal aspect of the lower limbs in combination with low load strength training causes a reduced blood flow and thus providing a high metabolic stimulus, causing a training effect similar to high load training. This study will investigate the added effect of BFR focussing on functional outcome, pain-management and lower limb strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Therefore, 234 patiens will be divided into three equal groups (n=78), (control group, sham group and BFR-group) which will be subjected to a 12-week during standard strength training program, 2 times a week for 60 minutes. The first group, which will be submitted to low load resistance training commonly used in contemporary physiotherapy for OA, will serve as a control group whereas both the BFRT and Sham groups will objectify the additional value of implementing vascular occlusion in respective low load resistance training protocol.

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• Blood flow restriction groupA vizsgált kezelés

  patients in this group will undergo a standard strength training program combined with an occlusion cuff. The cuff will reduce the amount of blood flow and therefore increase the metabolic stimulus. The cuff will be used only during one quadriceps exercise, 2 times a week for 12 weeks.

  Kezelés: Blood Flow Restriction (by using smart-cuff pro devices, acting as pressurized tourniquet) combined low load strengh training

• Sham groupSzínlelt kezelés, összehasonlításként

  patients in this group will undergo the same standard strength training program as the BFR-group, combined with an occlusion cuff but pressurized so there is no significant effect on the lower limb blood flow. The cuff will be used only during one quadriceps exercise, 2 times a week for 12 weeks.

  Kezelés: Sham-BFR (by using smart-cuff pro devices, acting as pressurized tourniquet) combined with low load strength training

• Control groupMár használt kezelés, összehasonlításként

  patients in this group will undergo the same standard strength training program as the BFR-group and placebo-group, but without a tourniquet.

  Kezelés: Standardised low load strength training