Shock Wave Therapy versus High Power Laser Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal DiseasesOrthopaedics
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
patients diagnosed with knee OA based on the clinical criteria of the American College of Rheumatology and those who had tenderness in the medial tibial plateau.
Exclusion Criteria
history of neurologic diseases and those with external injuries, surgeries, cancer, and malignant tumors affecting the knees. Also, patients who have received intraarticular injection on the affected knee within the past 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method visual analogue scale (VAS). Pain intensity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Distance walked in 6 minutes ;Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis for functional disability.<br>