Tailored exercise management versus usual care for people aged 80 years or older with hip/knee osteoarthritis and comorbidities (TEMPO): multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the feasibility of conducting a definitive randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a tailored exercise intervention compared with usual care for people aged 80 years and older with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA) and comorbidities.

Design

Two-arm, parallel-design, multicentre, pragmatic, feasibility RCT.

Setting

Four National Health Service outpatient physiotherapy services across England.

Participants

Adults aged 80 years and over with clinical hip and/or knee OA and ≥1 comorbidity.

Interventions

Participants were randomised 1:1 via a central web-based system to be offered: (1) a 12-week tailored exercise programme or (2) usual care. Participants and outcome assessors were not blinded to t

SUBMITTER: Nicolson PJA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458626 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature