Stepped Exercise Program for Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis : A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-based models are needed to deliver exercise-related services for knee osteoarthritis efficiently and according to patient needs.

Objective

To examine a stepped exercise program for patients with knee osteoarthritis (STEP-KOA).

Design

Randomized controlled trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02653768).

Setting

2 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs sites.

Participants

345 patients (mean age, 60 years; 15% female; 67% people of color) with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.

Intervention

Participants were randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to STEP-KOA or an arthritis education (AE) control group, respectively. The STEP-KOA intervention began with 3 months of an internet-based exercise program (step 1). Participants who did not meet r

SUBMITTER: Allen KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405203 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature