Investigating the effect of electromagnetism in reducing knee osteoarthritis symptoms
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis of knee
- Registration Number
- IRCT20231007059642N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Primary diagnosis of grade 2 and 3 OA based on ACR criteria, including radiological evidence, clinical examination and history
Age =40 years
The presence of dry knee symptoms and frequent daily pain since 6 months ago
Symptomatic illness from at least 6 months ago
Presence of pain with VAS =3 criteria
Intra-articular drug administration in the last 6 months
Systemic treatment with corticosteroids or physical therapy in the last 6 weeks
Cartilaginous consumption in the last 6 weeks
Back radicular pains
Knee pain caused by malignant, autoimmune and inflammatory pathology or caused by knee deformities such as genovarus and genovalgus etc.
Patients who have a history of knee surgery
Lack of cooperation and difficulty in referring and following the intervention process
pregnancy
Metal implant like heart pacemaker
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. Timepoint: before, immediately and 6 weeks and 3 months after the end of the treatment. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Average pain intensity. Timepoint: Before, immediately and 6 weeks and 3 months after the end of the treatment. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Physical performance. Timepoint: Before, immediately and 6 weeks and 3 months after the end of the treatment. Method of measurement: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.;Joint dryness. Timepoint: Before, immediately and 6 weeks and 3 months after the end of the treatment. Method of measurement: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.;Range of motion. Timepoint: Before, immediately and 6 weeks and 3 months after the end of the treatment. Method of measurement: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.