Daily Activity After Corticosteroids Injection Among Knee Osteoarthritis Patients
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The objective of this study was to objectively measure daily physical activity and
spatiotemporal gait pattern, as well as improvements in self reported symptoms and quality of
life, before and six weeks after an intra-articular corticosteroids injection in patients
suffering from knee osteoarthritis. Fourteen patients with unilateral knee osteoarthritis
were recruited. The intra-articular corticosteroid injection was given at the end of the
second week. Physical activity was objectively measured by an accelerometer worn by the
participants for eight weeks. In addition, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities
Arthritis Index (WOMAC), the Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36 (MOS-SF36) and gait trials
were completed every two weeks to assess symptoms, quality of life and spatiotemporal
parameters of gait.