An RCT comparing Effectiveness of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Versus Trigger Point Dry Needling In Tibiofemoral Osteoarthritis

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Unilateral primary osteoarthritisof knee,

Registration Number: CTRI/2022/05/042523

Lead Sponsor: Subhanjan Das

Brief Summary: The proposed research will be a comparative interventional study to investigate the effectiveness of 3 different types of physiotherapeutic interventions, Namely, Percutaneous Electrical Nerve

Stimulations (PENS), Dry Needling, and conventional physiotherapy of TENS (The control group) with common use of exercise in all three groups in the treatment of osteoarthritis knee.

Outcome Measures: The primary outcome measure is KOOS score, the secondary outcome measures are the Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) measured with an algometer. Further secondary outcome measures may be added. Pre, post, and 4

weeks follow-up will be taken.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

1.Mild to moderate2 clinically diagnosed primary tibiofemoral OA as per ACR criteria6 2.Patients of both sexes 3.Age 50 â€“ 65 years1 4.Chronic pain in the knee >3 months19 5.Unilateral symptoms 6.Ability to walk without support for 6 meters.

Exclusion Criteria

1.History of surgery of the painful knee.
2.History of severe or permanent injury/pathology (other than osteoarthritis) in the lower limb.
3.History of surgery of the lower limb in the preceding six months 19 4.Had received physiotherapy, manual therapy or any other local therapy that can affect the treatment efficacy or outcome in the preceding 2 months 19 5.Peripheral neuropathy or sensory loss around the treatment area.
6.Those who had received oral steroids, opiate treatment in the past 6 months 34 7.Patients with contraindications and concerns related to dry needling as listed out in 2013 APTA resource manual of dry needling.
11 8.Acute exacerbations 9.Malignancy or severe systemic disease.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS)	Pre intervention: Day 1 before therapy \| Post intervention: 6 weeks \| Follow up: 4 Weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PPT via algometer.	Pressure Pain Threshold of fixed points will be

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Clinical facilities attached with Garden City University
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Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
Clinical facilities attached with Garden City University
🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
Subhanjan Das
Principal investigator
8967549104
subhanjan181318@gcu.ac.in