Developing an 8-Week, Tele-Education Weight Control and Exercise Programme, and Evaluating Its Effects on Weight and Pain Reduction in Patients With Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blinded Randomised Clinical Trial.
Reyhaneh KhazaeiFaezeh MaleklouZahra BodaghabadiMohammad Mahdi TavanaStefan KluzekSayedeh Elham SharafiMojtaba Shiri FeshkiZahra AlizadehPublished in: Musculoskeletal care (2024)
An 8-week tele-education programme for weight control and exercise therapy in knee OA patients significantly improved body composition, quality of life, and functional performance. Given the costs of obesity and knee OA on both people and the health system, tele-education can be a cost-effective treatment strategy.
Keyphrases
- knee osteoarthritis
- weight loss
- body composition
- weight gain
- clinical trial
- physical activity
- resistance training
- study protocol
- healthcare
- body mass index
- insulin resistance
- quality improvement
- metabolic syndrome
- high intensity
- type diabetes
- end stage renal disease
- placebo controlled
- open label
- ejection fraction
- total knee arthroplasty
- bone mineral density
- chronic pain
- double blind
- high fat diet induced
- body weight
- pain management
- prognostic factors
- neuropathic pain
- stem cells
- phase ii
- spinal cord injury
- postmenopausal women
- combination therapy
- smoking cessation