Yoga poses could ease knee arthritis pain, new study hopes to prove
NCT ID NCT07006883
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an 8-week yoga program can improve physical function and reduce pain in people with knee osteoarthritis. Researchers will compare yoga to standard therapeutic exercises in 90 adults aged 45 and older. The goal is to see if yoga offers extra benefits for mobility, balance, and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Yoga therapeutic exercise
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, drug-free option to help people with knee osteoarthritis move better and feel less pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 90 participants. Yoga may not prove more effective than standard exercises, and results may not apply to everyone with knee osteoarthritis.
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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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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
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 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: * A clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (knee pain for \> 3 months) * Morning stiffness \<30 minutes * Crepitus * Bone tenderness, and absence of palpable heat and/or diagnosis established radiographically (determined by Kellgren and Lawrence grade 1 to 3 on a scale 1 up to 4) Exclusion Criteria: * Bilateral hip or KOA * Severe osteoporosis * Fibromyalgia * Clinical history of tumors or cancer * Active inflammatory joint diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, gout), undergoing any joint replacement of the lower extremity * Neurological diseases (Parkinson's disease, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, muscular dystrophies, neuromotor disease, Alzheimer's disease) * Infected wounds or osteomyelitis in the knee region * Deep vein thrombosis or thrombophlebitis, sensory changes in the lower limbs * A cognitive and cardiopulmonary impairment that may prevent or limit the performance of exercises * Use of a walking assistance device, history of recent trauma to the knee * Be performing or having prior any form of treatment involving physiotherapy, intra-articular corticosteroids, anti-inflammatories, opioid medication, or chondroprotective in the six months before the start of interventions
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Nove de Julho
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, 01504-001, Brazil
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