Effects of electrical stimulation over the skull and tight together with exercises on knee osteoarthritis
- Conditions
- Gonarthrosis [arthrosis of knee]
- Registration Number
- RBR-9d7c7b
- Lead Sponsor
- Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal da Bahia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Volunteers with knee osteoarthritis; age of 50 years; knee pain on most days of the last month; osteophytes on radiographs and pain or difficulty to sit;lifting or climbing stairs ; score in Chronic Pain Grade (GPC ) equal to or greater than II.
Subjects with contraindications to the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation; Presence of metal in the skull and implanted devices; history of epilepsy; pregnancy, use of drugs that may interfere with the cortical electrical activity; history of diseases that may interfere with OA knee; becoming confounders such as fibromyalgia; rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis; systemic lupus eritemotos; fractures in the region
knee, knee replacements; back problems causing symptoms in knee and peripheral nervous impairment; individuals unable to understand the contents of the assessment tools used.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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