BEPKO-2 Training course development - v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
BEhaviour change to reduce Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis (BEPKO-2) - Training course development
IRAS ID
298932
Contact name
SJ Preeece
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Salford
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN15448006
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic long-term condition which results in pain, disability and reduced quality of life. While current guidelines focus on the use of exercises to improve strength, there is clear evidence that people with knee osteoarthritis over activate their muscles during functional tasks. Through a previously NIHR project (BEPKO-1), we developed a new behavioural intervention for people with KOA. This intervention was developed from concepts to central sensitisation, motor responses to pain and also focused on the idea that increased knee muscle overactivity could result from postural compensation. Given the integration of cognitive and muscular techniques and the target of reducing muscle overactivity, we refer to this new intervention as cognitive muscular therapy (CMT). Preliminary clinical data showed a 69% reduction in pain with very positive user feedback, following six individual session of CMT.
Given these encouraging findings, further clinical research is required to investigate the clinical efficacy of the CMT intervention. However, before this research can be carried out, it is important to develop a robust training package which can be used to train NHS physiotherapists to deliver the CMT intervention. The proposed project will address this objective, through two parallel studies. The first study has been designed to create materials required for the training course. The second will test a prototype version of the training course.
REC name
East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/EM/0225
Date of REC Opinion
12 Oct 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion