Intensive Diet and Exercise for Improving Knee Osteoarthritis in Obese and Overweight Older Adults

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

454

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2006

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2011

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2011

Conditions
Osteoarthritis
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Diet

The prescribed diet will include traditional healthy food and up to two meal replacement supplements. Initially, the diet will be set to result in an overall loss of 800 to 1000 calories per day.

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

The program will consist of 60-minute exercise sessions per week for the duration of the study. The exercise sessions will incorporate aerobic exercise and resistance training. Participants will also be encouraged to exercise at home.

Trial Locations (1)

27109

Wake Forest University/Wake Forest University Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

NIH

collaborator

General Nutrition Center, Inc

INDUSTRY

lead

Wake Forest University

OTHER

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