Knee arthritis fall risk: muscle power may be key predictor
NCT ID NCT06611618
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether muscle power and control can predict falls better than muscle strength in people aged 65-80 with knee osteoarthritis. Fifty participants will undergo muscle tests, walking analysis, and MRI scans. The goal is to develop a fall-risk assessment tool for this vulnerable group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better ways to identify who is at risk of falling, helping to prevent falls in older adults with knee osteoarthritis.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It aims to find predictors, not test a 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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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65 to 80 years
- 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: * Age between 65 and 80 years * Kellgren score II e III * No history of falls in the last 12 months Exclusion Criteria: * Any musculoskeletal, neurological, rheumatic or tumoral diseases * Dementia * Diabetes * Inguinal or abdominal hernia * Severe Hypertension (Level 3) * Severe Cardio-pulmonary insufficiency * Diagnosis of Osteonecrosis in the lower limb joints * Pathologies or physical conditions incompatible with the use of magnetic resonance imaging and electrostimulation (i.e., active and passive implanted biomedical devices, epilepsy, severe venous insufficiency in the lower limbs) * Previous interventions or traumas to the joints of the lower limb
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
RECRUITINGBologna, 40136, Italy
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