STepped exercise program for patients with knee OsteoArthritis (STEP-KOA): protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical therapy (PT) and other exercise-based interventions are core components of care for knee osteoarthritis (OA), but both are underutilized, and some patients have limited access to PT services. This clinical trial is examining a STepped Exercise Program for patients with Knee OsteoArthritis (STEP-KOA). This model of care can help to tailor exercise-based interventions to patient needs and also conserve higher resource services (such as PT) for patients who do not make clinically relevant improvements after receiving less costly interventions.

Methods / design

Step-KOA is a randomized trial of 345 patients with symptomatic knee OA from two Department of Veterans Affairs sites. Participants are randomized to STEP-KOA and Arthritis Education (AE) Control group

SUBMITTER: Allen KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6540433 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature