In this RCT, the feasibility of an 8-week telehealth mindful exercise intervention compared to an 8-week telehealth exercise only intervention for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) will be assessed. Forty adults with knee OA will be assigned to either a mindful exercise arm OR exercise arm. Both interventions will be delivered via real-time videoconferencing in a group setting (n=8-10 per group). All participants will be administered questionnaires for self-reported symptoms, mood, quality of life, etc. throughout the study period. Participants will be given the choice to opt in for in-person data collection visits wherein their physical function, muscle strength, sensitivity to painful stimuli, and brain function will be assessed before and at the end of the interventions. At the end of the 8-week interventions, 10 participants will be purposively sampled from each arm (n=20 total) for individual interviews to determine acceptability of the telehealth interventions. Feasibility of the intervention will be determined post-intervention by outcome measures such as recruitment rate, retention rate, and adherence.
This is a parallel-arm mixed-methods randomized controlled trial to investigate the feasibility of telehealth delivered mindful exercise vs. usual exercise interventions for people with knee osteoarthritis.