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Telehealth Exercise for Veterans with Arthritis

This study is looking at how well a group telehealth exercise program works for Veterans with arthritis (osteoarthritis) in their hips or knees. You would participate in 3 months of group telehealth exercise sessions with text messages, followed by 6 months of text messaging and monthly group telehealth exercise booster sessions. The researchers want to see if this program is easy to use and helpful for Veterans. To join, you need to be a Veteran aged 18 or older with symptomatic knee or hip osteoarthritis, have had a VA visit in the last year, and be physically inactive. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This is a randomized pilot study with 50 Veterans. Participants will be assigned to different groups for the exercise maintenance phase.
What's involved
You would participate in a 3-month group telehealth exercise program, followed by a 6-month maintenance phase with text messaging and monthly booster sessions.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The study measures outcomes at 3 months, but the intervention lasts for 9 months.

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NCT05666167

Expanding Exercise Programming for Veterans Through Telehealth

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
VA Office of Research and Development
~50 participants
Updated 2026-04-08 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Group Telehealth Exercise Sessions with text messaging plus booster sessions

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Number of Referrals
Measured over 3 months
+2 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Arthritis

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Osteoarthritis

Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Colorado1

Study leadership

  • Lauren Abbate, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

Who to contact

Lauren Abbate, MD
[email protected]
(303) 399-8020 · ext. 3177
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

diagnosis of symptomatic knee or hip OA
Veterans at Eastern Colorado Healthcare System Primary Care Clinics with at least one VA visit within the past year
physically inactive (add definition)

Exclusion

No telephone access
hip or knee surgery or acute meniscus or anterior cruciate ligament tear in the past six months
recent hospitalization for cardiovascular/cerebrovascular event
serious mental health condition or behavioral issues precluding participating in group exercise
terminal illness
motor neuron diseases
severely impaired hearing, vision, or speech
non-English speaking
current participation in another OA or exercise intervention or lifestyle change study
other self-reported or study team/primary care physician deemed health condition that would prohibit participation in the study
no primary care physician visit in past 12 months
pregnant women
insufficient internet connectivity to participate in group telehealth

What this trial measures

  • Number of Referrals3 months

    The number of referrals made by providers, through chart review, and the number of self-referrals by Veterans will be collected as a measure of feasibility.

  • Number of sessions attended3 months

    The number of sessions attended as a percentage of the number offered will be gathered as a measure of feasibility and acceptability.

  • Recruitment3 months

    The goal is that 50% of eligible provider and self-referrals and 25% of chart review referrals will participate in the program as a measure of success.