NCT05839262

Active Video Games for Older Adults With Knee and/or Hip Osteoarthritis.

Completed NA Last updated 18 March 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Conventional physical rehabilitation plus Active video games (CPR+AVG) in Osteoarthritis, Knee in 60 participants. Completed in 1 March 2024.

Timeline

4 April 2023

Primary endpoint
1 March 2024

1 March 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Cristian Alvarez
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	60
Start date	4 April 2023
Primary completion	1 March 2024
Estimated completion	1 March 2024
Sites	1 location across Chile

Drugs / interventions tested

• Conventional physical rehabilitation plus Active video games (CPR+AVG)
• Conventional physical rehabilitation alone (CPR)

Conditions studied

• Osteoarthritis, Knee — all drugs for Osteoarthritis, Knee →
• Osteoarthritis, Hip — all drugs for Osteoarthritis, Hip →

Sponsor

Cristian Alvarez

Who can join

Adults 60 to 84, any sex, with Osteoarthritis, Knee or Osteoarthritis, Hip. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Population aging is currently an issue of primary relevance, constituting an enormous challenge for institutions and society. On the other hand, osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent arthropathy in the elderly, strongly related to loss of functional capacity, limitation of daily activities, increased musculoskeletal pain, and deterioration of quality of life. More specifically, knee and hip OA represent a significant burden for health systems, and in Chile, they are among the ten most frequent diseases in the elderly. The technological development of the last decades has allowed the incorporation of several therapeutic alternatives for the intervention of the elderly, such as virtual reality, which allows interaction with multiple digital environments. Active video games (AVG) or exergames, carried out through commercial non-immersive virtual reality systems, have been proposed as a feasible, innovative, and entertaining alternative to optimize conventional physical rehabilitation (CPR). AVG in healthy older people and those with neurocognitive conditions effectively improves clinical and psychosocial outcomes. However, it has been recommended to advance the study of the effects of AVGs in people with musculoskeletal pathologies, such as knee and hip OA. Accordingly, the purpose is to analyze the effects of an AVG-guided physical exercise protocol adjunct to CPR on functional mobility in older adults with knee and/or hip OA.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee.
   Lawford BJ, Hall M, Hinman RS, Van der Esch M, et al · · 2024 · cited 37× · PMID 39625083 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd004376.pub4
2. Effectiveness of Exergames on Functional Physical Performance in Older Adults with Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Carvajal-Parodi C, Mendoza C, Alvarez C, Soto-Martínez A, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40363999 · DOI 10.3390/jcm14092968
3. Effects of Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exercise on Self-Reported Pain and Mechanical Hyperalgesia in Older Adults with Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Guede-Rojas F, Mendoza C, Rodríguez-Lagos L, Soto-Martínez A, et al · · 2025 · cited 2× · PMID 40731752 · DOI 10.3390/medicina61071122