Effectiveness of Internet-Based Exercises Aimed at Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: The iBEAT-OA Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Osteoarthritis is a prevalent, debilitating, and costly chronic disease for which recommended first-line treatment is underused.

Objective

To compare the effect of an internet-based treatment for knee osteoarthritis vs routine self-management (ie, usual care).

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial was conducted from October 2018 to March 2020. Participants included individuals aged 45 years or older with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis recruited from an existing primary care database or from social media advertisements were invited. Data were analyzed April to July 2020.

Interventions

The intervention and control group conformed to first-line knee osteoarthritis treatment. For the intervention group, treatment was delive

SUBMITTER: Gohir SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7903254 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature