ltrasound Combined Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation versus Phonophoresis of Piroxicam on symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Double-blind, Controlled Comparative Study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Knee painArthralgia of knee
- Registration Number
- TCTR20150713001
- Lead Sponsor
- Ratchadapiseksompotch Fund, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 61
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with a diagnosis of knee OA follow to the American College of Rheumatology criteria
2. Patients had a severity of mild to moderate degree of knee OA by Kellgren-Lawrence scores
3. Patients who had knee pain at 50-mm of VAS or more
4. Patients were willing to join the study and provided informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who had a UltraTENS experience (could not blinded)
2. Patients who had a contraindication for treatment with UT or TENS
3. Patients who had a hypersensitivity to Piroxicam gel
4. Patients who had a history of surgery at knee joint
5. Patients who had an underlying disease of rheumatoid arhritis, gouty arthritis or other chronic systematic inflammatory disease.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method knee pain two weeks a 100-mm VAS of knee pain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knee function two weeks Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC)