Effect of cane use on bone marrow lesion volume in people with medial tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis: randomized clinical trial

A Van Ginckel; RS Hinman; TV Wrigley; DJ Hunter; CJ Marshall; J Duryea; L Melo; M Simic; J Kasza; SR Robbins; JA Wallis; KL Bennell

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Effect of cane use on bone marrow lesion volume in people with medial tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis: randomized clinical trial

A Van Ginckel, RS Hinman, TV Wrigley, DJ Hunter, CJ Marshall, J Duryea, L Melo, M Simic, J Kasza, SR Robbins, JA Wallis, KL Bennell

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.05.004

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate effects of daily cane use for 3 months on medial tibiofemoral bone marrow lesion (BML) volumes in people with medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA). Design: In this randomized controlled trial (RCT), 79 participants with medial tibiofemoral OA were randomized to either a cane group (using a cane whenever walking) or control group (not using any gait aid) for 3 months. The cane group received a single training session by a physiotherapist, using a biofeedback cane to teach optimal technique and body weight support and motor learning principles to facilitate retention of learning. The primary outcome was change in total medial tibiofemoral BML volume (per unit bone vol..

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Funding Acknowledgements

AVG is currently supported by a FWO (Pegasus)<SUP>2</SUP> EU Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellowship (EU Horizon 2020, #66501). KLB is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellowship (#1058440). RSH is supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT130100175). DJH is supported by a NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (#1079777). This study received funding from NHMRC program grants (#631717,61887) and an Early Career Researcher grant (#602640) from the University of Melbourne. The sponsor of this trial is The University of Melbourne. Neither the funding sources nor the sponsor was involved in the study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of the results, or the decision to submit manuscripts.