Sensorimotor Training Versus Resistance Training in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Efficacy of a Sensorimotor Training in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: a Randomized Clinical Trial

People with knee osteoarthritis (OA) have functional instability and defective neuromuscular function, it was recently suggested that sensorimotor exercises may be important and needed to improve the effectiveness of training programs for these patients. This study objective was to compare the effectiveness of a supervised resistance muscular training (RT) versus sensorimotor training (SMT) for patients with Knee OA, on decrease of pain and functional improvement.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed with tibiofemoral osteoarthritis;
• Both genders;
• Age> 50 years <75 years;
• Completion of clinical and radiological criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for knee OA;
• No physical activity in the previous 3 months;
• Education level from the 4th grade of primary school.

Exclusion Criteria:

• uncontrolled hypertension;
• decompensated diabetes mellitus;
• uncontrolled thyroid diseases;
• cardiorespiratory disease (ischemia, arrhythmia, chest pain, or exercise-induced bronchospasm), liver abnormalities;
• Patients with grade IV functional limitation that needed devices to walk(Kellgren-Lawrence radiographic classification);
• Patients in a period of sick leave by the INSS or any other related factor;
• Other rheumatic diseases.