NCT05855681 is a NA clinical trial of therapeutic exercises in Knee Osteoarthritis, sponsored by Cairo University.

Who is sponsoring NCT05855681?

NCT05855681 is sponsored by Cairo University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT05855681?

Interventions in NCT05855681: therapeutic exercises.

What condition does NCT05855681 study?

NCT05855681 studies Knee Osteoarthritis.

Is NCT05855681 still recruiting?

NCT05855681 is currently completed. Last updated 24 October 2023.

Last reviewed 2023-10-24 · How we verify

NCT05855681

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Published: 2026-01-01
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Effect Of Strengthening Hip Rotators And Ankle Muscles On Knee Osteoarthritis

Completed NA Last updated 24 October 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing therapeutic exercises in Knee Osteoarthritis in 40 participants. Completed in 15 October 2023.

Timeline

1 August 2023

Primary endpoint
15 October 2023

15 October 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Cairo University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	triple
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	40
Start date	1 August 2023
Primary completion	15 October 2023
Estimated completion	15 October 2023
Sites	1 location across Egypt

Drugs / interventions tested

therapeutic exercises

Conditions studied

Knee Osteoarthritis — all drugs for Knee Osteoarthritis →

Sponsor

Cairo University

Who can join

Adults 40 to 55, any sex, with Knee Osteoarthritis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of adding strengthening exercise for hip rotators and ankle muscles to knee exercises on pain, function, muscles strength , and knee proprioception in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The main question it aims to answer is: * What is the effect of adding strengthening exercise for hip rotators and ankle muscles to knee exercises on pain, function, strength of hip rotators and ankle muscles, and knee proprioception in patients with knee osteoarthritis?" Adult male and female diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral knee osteoarthritis, referred from orthopedic surgeons according to inclusion and exclusion criteria will be enrolled in this study, randomly allocated to groups and received exercise for 4 weeks. * Control group Patients in this group will receive knee exercises in the form of stretching for hamstring and calf. Strengthening exercises in form of strengthening exercise for quadriceps. * Experimental group In addition to the same knee exercise of control group patients will receive strengthening exercise for hip rotators and ankle muscles.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

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

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05855681 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Cairo University
Last refreshed: 24 October 2023

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