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Can simple exercises ease knee pain without drugs?
NCT ID NCT06766877
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether core stability exercises or ankle and foot strengthening exercises can help people with knee osteoarthritis feel better. About 100 adults aged 40 and older with moderate knee osteoarthritis will take part. The goal is to see which type of exercise reduces pain, improves movement, and makes daily activities easier.
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Study facts
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- 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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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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May 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * 40 years old, had been diagnosed with KOA based on ACR, and * having Grade II or III osteoarthritis by K/L criteria. Exclusion Criteria: * post-traumatic osteoarthritis * lower limb sensorimotor dysfunction, * Any history of knee fracture/ tumor/ infection and hip/knee surgery. * Total Knee Replacement patients. * Neurological disease. * Patient received physical therapy treatment from last 6 months. * Inflammatory Arthritis (Rheumatoid Arthritis) * Use of any intra-articular injections (steroid/ hyaluronic acid/ PRP.) from last 3-6 months.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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BIPTRM
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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