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Core strength may ease knee arthritis pain, new study suggests
NCT ID NCT07484594
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether adding trunk (core) stabilization exercises to standard physical therapy can reduce knee pain and improve daily function in people with knee osteoarthritis who also have back pain (knee-spine syndrome). About 70 adults aged 40-60 with moderate knee arthritis will participate. Researchers will measure pain, stiffness, and mobility before and after treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 40-60 years * Both Genders * Bilateral Knee osteoarthritis diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology Clinical Classification system * Kellgren \& Lawrence grade 2 and 3 with complaint of pain, crepitations, stiffness and bony enlargement * History of backpain for the past 3 months with no complaint of radiating pain * Able to walk independently/unaided Exclusion Criteria: * Kellgren \& Lawrence grade 4 * Intra-articular corticosteroid injections in the last 3 months or hyaluronic knee injection in the previous 6 months. * History of lower limb or lumbar trauma/surgery, presence of fracture or deformity, or planned surgery within the study period * Lumbar pathologies, for example, spondylolisthesis, ankylosing spondylitis, or any diagnosed severe cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, or psychological disease or impairment except lumbar spondylosis * BMI\>30 * Presence of infection, cauda equina syndrome, or meningitis
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bahria Active
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRawalpindi, Pakistan
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Bahria Active Hospital
RECRUITINGIslamabad, AL, 44000, Pakistan
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