Sugar Water injection Versus Steroid Injection in Knee pai

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Health Condition 1: null- Osteoarthritis Knee

Registration Number: CTRI/2017/09/009735

Lead Sponsor: on funded

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 40-65 years, who has

1.Persisting Knee Pain due to OA Knee (Grade II or III, according to radiological classification of knee OA defined by Kellgren and Lawrence)

2.Pain of at-least 40 mm on a 0-100mm VAS when asked â??What is the average level of your Left/ Right knee pain over the last week?â??

3.Willing to participate in all assessment

4.If both knees involved, participants choose one or both knees to be treated.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Severe OA Knee (Grade IV , according to Kellgren and Lawrence classification)

2.Inflammatory or post-infectious knee arthritis

3.History of prior knee replacement repair

4.Prior knee Prolotherapy

5.Prior fracture of the knee joint

6.Any Knee injection within 3 months

7.Daily use of opioid medication

8.Other chronic pain diagnoses

9.Diabetes mellitus

10.Body mass index (BMI) > 40 kg/m2

11.H/O Anticoagulation therapy

12.Pregnancy

13.Co-morbidity severe enough to prevent participation in the study protocol including at-home exercise or attendance at scheduled injection appointments.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Western Ontario McMaster University <br/ ><br>Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), <br/ ><br>Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) <br/ ><br>VAS Scale <br/ ><br>Goniometric ROM of affected Knee <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures